make a wry face
Example Sentences
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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
"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
The pain in it was no more than any chap could bear, even if he had to make a wry face over it at times.
From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
He had not seen Hal Dunbar make a wry face before he nodded.
From Bull Hunter by Brand, Max
