grimace
noun
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
had grimaced
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past perfectof grimace.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Her father, Willie Jackson, had grimaced as nursing aides turned his frail body, exposing the deep skin ulcer, also known as a pressure sore or bedsore.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2018
Wall’s clinching fourth quarter loomed larger with the appropriate context: He had grimaced while walking off the court at halftime after rolling his ankle but played the rest of the game without limitation.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2018
Jean had grimaced eloquently across the table, but Vanna made only a feeble response.
From A Question of Marriage by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
V Here was the white-faced youth, our Egbert Hunt, who had grimaced at him from the box of the wagonette.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
The servant, an old one of Donna Giulia's, who knew me well by sight, had grimaced pleasantly as he saluted.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Maurice Henry Hewlett
