look smug
Example Sentences
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I chose the sun-loving couple for the image, not because they look smug but because they look happy.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025
I would like to say Fiona did not take the opportunity to look smug, but that would be a lie — little sisters enjoy their triumphs where they can.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2021
It must be hard not to look smug – he’s probably been dying for someone to ask him that all day.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2018
The hesitance is in part because of the fallout after "Moneyball," which made the A's look smug and cocky, according to some critics.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2014
“Malingering at the quarry,” he might say, at which Van Rensburg would look smug.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
