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grinning

  • a word derived from grin.
  • a word form of grin.

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Scott didn't look to be carrying the baggage of expectation when he sauntered out of the call room a little after 19:00 BST, grinning and taking in the splendour of the scenes around him.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

"A beautiful day," a grinning Eric Trump said on Fox News at the newly minted President Donald J. Trump International Airport, a short drive from the family's Mar-a-Lago golf resort and compound.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

“I’ll be honest with you,” he says, grinning.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

But after Trump Jr. touched down, the two men toured the Ambanis’ private zoo, and at night they performed a Gujarati folk dance, grinning as they moved together to the music.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

I couldn’t help grinning, for I knew that Grandpa didn’t mean what he was saying.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls