smirk
Example Sentences
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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
Cignetti, smiling through that permanent I told ya so smirk, brushed off Indiana’s new status as the No. 1 heavy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
It is probably easier to smirk or cast aspersions at the idea of a love for the ages than it is to accept that you have not met that person in your own life.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025
That new, attractive face of his split in a dangerous smirk.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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The Lingo of Body Language
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