smirk
Example Sentences
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Moments later when the score flashed across the screen, Liu simply cracked a subtle smirk.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
On Chinese social media, pictures show some users sticking couplets or upside down pictures of Malfoy's signature smirk.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Every smirk that follows a scandal, every boast of getting away with it, threatens to rewire the public’s moral compass.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025
Valley didn’t change her position, but she had shifted a bit closer to Thorn and there was a small, shy smirk on her face.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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