smilingly

Example Sentences

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She poked fun at the incident with her staffer in an ad, smilingly asking a group of whiteboard-wielding supporters behind her to “please get out of my shot.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

We witness McFadin as he smilingly interrogates—and intimidates—witnesses and plaintiffs, beguiles juries and sweet-talks judges, knocking down charges against Kenrex as if bowling strike after strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

They smilingly wrapped their arms around one another to squeeze close enough to speak simultaneously into our BBC radio mic.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2022

And it was Lavrov, a year later, who smilingly pushed the Obama administration’s symbolic “reset” button for U.S. relations with Russia with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

In the schoolyard the boys begged rides, and Jody smilingly agreed.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck