make a wry face
Example Sentences
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"Mr. Hoover summons France to execute herself as he would summon Nicaragua," observed L'Ere Nouvelle, "and yet the whole world is astonished because we make a wry face!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Asked his opinion of the New Deal, its first victim could only make a wry face and helplessly wave his big paw in the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
History already has come to make a wry face on tasting the wine from N�rnberg's chalice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then she lighted the two candles that Alden Marsh had given her, and hurriedly undressed, pausing only to make a wry face at her unbleached muslin nightgown, entirely without trimming.
From Master of the Vineyard by Reed, Myrtle
"Yes, madame," I replied, with an expression that made Madame Dauberny smile; and it seemed to me that that smile caused Monsieur Archibald to make a wry face.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
