squint

If you squint and look at him one way, he seems like a moderate, but look at him from another angle, and he seems super progressive.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

It takes great courage to look into the past with clear eyes, especially when what you’ll see is bound to remain hazy, forcing you to squint and carve out whatever truth you can from it.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

A scan detected the benign mass on his brain after he developed a slight squint and suffered occasional painful headaches.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

That may be due in part to the fact that, if you squint, it turns out that a film crew is similar enough to an F1 team to fit right in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

I squint to see what is so important el Conejo brought me here.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The messages ricochet across an Iowa grocery store, a kind of ambient chorus while, at one of the few remaining manned checkout lines, a cashier squints at his screen.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026

Waiting lists for gynae mesh, children's squints, children's feeding tubes and cleft lip will also be tackled.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025

But such squints are a poor substitute for certainty; greater clarity may come from JWST’s measurement of how much iron the nebula holds.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2023

She squints her eyes, trying to find her young self in the pictures.

From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023

He grits his teeth and squints like he’s taking a painful crap, then says, “Two cases,” and I know that I’ve won.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

She squinted at my target, then turned to me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

My head was tilted at an angle that brought the odometer into view, so I squinted: It was about to hit a half-million.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

As he squinted to read it, I told him the article was about investors discovering—

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Kropp squinted at the list, noticing it didn’t include authors’ names, which is how the store is organized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

Nine squinted at the empty space to Clare’s right.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Carlson is squinting as he asks his questions in a way that sounds naive and lets Huckabee fill the space.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

But once you have accepted the limitations and frustrations, the experience will justify squinting your eyes and straining your neck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

While it can lead to squinting, eyes pointing in different directions, blinking a lot, or headaches, many children do not notice there is anything wrong and have no obvious symptoms.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

CANNES, France — “The sun is my mortal enemy,” Ari Aster says, squinting as he sits on the sixth-floor rooftop terrace of Cannes’ Palais des Festivals, where most of the screenings happen.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

I took the bracelet and held it up, squinting in the dim light.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia