unsmiling

Example Sentences

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Indiana, meanwhile, went from being the team known for posting more losses than any other in Division I history to a legitimate force when it hired Cignetti, an unsmiling protégé of Saban’s in Tuscaloosa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He glowers out from beneath his brows, unsmiling, eyes rendered oddly bloodshot, brow furrowed, chin tucked in, as if he is about to head-butt the camera.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

An unsmiling Mr. Weiss paced back and forth, jaw tense and hands jammed into the pockets of his suit.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

I am fascinated by the scowl, the unsmiling aspect of little girls, when they’re young enough that they can’t be made to smile if they don’t want to.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Henry detected the weariness in those purple eyes, the pallor beneath that glaze of lupus, the sadness at the corners of the unsmiling crimson mouth.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley