smirk

Example Sentences

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He’d study my face and say, “Love it or hate it?,” shooting me a warm smirk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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

More than one friend, he said with a smirk, had asked him how to do so: They “say, ‘Roger, I need your help.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

I must be left in the snow, I must be buried in a hole, I must be reprimanded and ordered not to smirk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

But when she thought of his smirk she also saw his wide-open smile with the playground kids.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn