grinned
Example Sentences
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Then he turned to the visitors dugout, grinned and lifted both fists above his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"I guess he'd think it was a bit weird," he grinned.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
He looked thinner than in his prior court appearance, but grinned enthusiastically as he shook his lawyers’ hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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
Then he grinned and said, “Well, I’ll be darned! They do have a monkey face, don’t they? I never noticed that before.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
