squint

Example Sentences

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Travis is seldom as blunt in his daily interactions with people, who often squint and look past the instability that is so subtly rendered by Mr. De Niro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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

You could, if you squint, wonder how this year’s consumer grievances differ from prior years.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

They actually had different reasons for doing so: Rao thought that the details of the contempt enforcement were illegitimate; Katsas thought the government didn’t clearly violate Judge Boasberg’s order, if you squint and look sideways.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2025

But he had his whole face smooshed up into a squint, like he was really saying None of this makes any sense.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix