smirk
Example Sentences
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“Make sure you finish the job in your second,” Newsom tells Bass with a tilt of the head and a smirk.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Moments later when the score flashed across the screen, Liu simply cracked a subtle smirk.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 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
He had his head down, trying to hide his smirk.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
Vocabulary lists containing smirk
The Lingo of Body Language
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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