squint
verb (used without object)
to look with the eyes partly closed.
are squinting
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present progressiveof squint.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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With a chance to become the first female snowboarder to win two gold medals, Marino surely will attract plenty of eyes in PyeongChang — even if some of them are squinting.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2018
His eyes are squinting and his lips move as if to mutter something, but he decides against it and purses his lips shut.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
I know, they all sit near the window, and are squinting out at everybody that passes.
From The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Talbot Baines Reed
