顔かおを背そむける

expression, ichidan verb

turn one's face away; look away

Used when someone physically turns their face aside, often to avoid eye contact, show displeasure, or hide embarrassment.

• 彼かれは私わたしの質しつ問もんに答こたえず、顔かおを背そむけた。

  He turned his face away without answering my question.

• 恥はずかしくて、思おもわず顔かおを背そむけてしまった。

  I was so embarrassed that I instinctively looked away.