grinning
Example Sentences
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Jumping down from her uncle's shoulders, seven-year-old Dona ran grinning to her mother after Pope Leo XIV waved at her on his way past on a famed Paris avenue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Opened to one of its more elaborate spreads, the original prop is both beautifully crafted and deeply unsettling, its seemingly innocent children’s-book mechanics revealing a grinning black figure and the ominous command: “LET ME IN.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Sugary cereals generally appear on lower shelves in the grocery store, where children can see the cheery packaging and grinning cartoon mascots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The storyline is inscrutable, but Walters displays real range, gazing forlornly in the rain, hurling dishes at a wall, grinning and giving high-fives when a family takes him bowling.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Jason's grinning face emerged from right behind the creature.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
