Example Sentences

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Is Graeme Souness really any good, or is he just grimacingly soulful and authentic, like a man in an uplifting advert for boiler repair care plans?

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2011

He went and shook hands with a lady who was passing and smiled grimacingly.

From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert

Madeira's face clouded over, and he thrust out his jaw grimacingly.

From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)