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Making "Year of the Horse" stuffed toys in a workshop, an employee accidentally stitched the festive foal's mouth on upside-down -- turning its cheerful expression into a gloomy frown.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

The Justices sound ready to frown on his firing of Lisa Cook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Even if you want to cry when you walk in the door, turn that frown upside down and greet your host with a warm hug and a smile.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026

Now bosses might frown upon a worker caught labouring over a spreadsheet.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

A newscaster appeared beside the photo and spoke with a serious frown on her face.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Dogs are exceptionally skilled at reading human emotions, from smiles and laughter to frowns and tears.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Peet has wrinkles on her face, her forehead moves, and when she frowns, she frowns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

And generally, the law frowns on making a person’s status—rather than their actions—the basis of a crime or a lawsuit.

From Slate ● May 13, 2024

And he frowns over so-called rogue reintroductions, where rare or extinct butterflies appear in random places by cover of night with little chance of survival.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023

Hana’s smile gets wide, but then she looks at me like I caught her rifling through Momma’s purse, and she frowns at me.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

They dress up, braid their hair in a special way and are free to dance and play together outside, something which is traditionally frowned upon at other times of the year.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Henderson said he only realized the solicitation he’d been asked to do might be frowned upon after Orchid told him as much at their meal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

In the past, administrators "frowned upon trade schools, they wanted to steer everybody to go to college."

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Back then people frowned at the notion of eating between meals, so snacking was not a thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Dad and Anastasia both frowned and stared at Sam.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

In the troika of major figures in the Russian Revolution, Trotsky stood for ideas and Stalin represented power; their predecessor, Vladimir Lenin, had fused the two values as the frowning avatar of communist leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

She grinned as she explained that some sculptures of famed Buddhist monk Ji Gong even showed him smiling on one side of his face and frowning on the other.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

The image depicts a frowning Churchill, who was 67 at the time, shortly after he delivered a speech to the Canadian parliament.

From BBC ● May 26, 2025

“On the news, when they’re doing the weather, they totally ignore us,” she said, frowning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

The people behind her shifted restlessly: squinting, frowning, biting their lips, crossing their arms....Maybe someone in the crowd behind her was trying to signal her, and she just couldn’t tell.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix