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Discover Ludwig"had a long face" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an idiomatic expression that is often used to describe someone who looks sad or unhappy. For example: "After learning the bad news, Mike had a long face and didn't say a word."
Idiom
Long face.
Someone with a long face is sad or depressed about something.
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It had a long face and big, chunky teeth.
He had a long face that seemed to call out for a sorcerer's pointed hat.
He was not a handsome man -- he had a long face and stooped shoulders -- but, as always, he commanded a certain amount of attention as he headed out with his walking stick and black leather bag.
Short in height, he had a long face with long teeth to match, and was permanently attired in a pearly white silk suit with trousers baggy to the knees, white stockings and white, pointy soft leather slippers.
Hartley was fabulously ugly, in an Abraham Lincoln way; a big man, he had a long face that joined a high dome, deep-set eyes under sloping brows, a huge nose, and, over all, the look of an extraordinarily intelligent hound dog.
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If I have a long face, there's no point.
Feinberg, who is fifty-seven, has a long face, a prominent forehead, and an abrupt manner.
I've a long face and quadruple chins that meld into one.
Like Bashar, he has a long face and heavy-lidded eyes.
He has a long face and close-cropped hair, and he squints each time he takes a drag.
He is 44, has a long face, and is sometimes mistaken for Strictly's Anton du Beke, "although Anton does have a bigger forehead".
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