Example Sentences

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Emily Brent's brow, which had been frowning perplexedly, cleared.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

There were white hairs scattered among the red, and the skin across his forehead and at the corner of each eye was wrinkled as if he had been frowning for a long time.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Paullus had been frowning grimly, but now he turned to Marcus Decius and showed his wolfish teeth in his old-time smile.

From The Lion's Brood by Osborne, Duffield

Her eyes which had been frowning during Dart's latest attempt to be entertaining, grew suddenly brilliant, her cheeks flushed happily.

From The Short Cut by Johnson, Frank Tenney

For a whole generation the courts had been frowning on witch prosecution.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace