Example Sentences

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She never failed, at this—which was why he never failed to do it—to blush, half-smiling, half-frowning, and nervously to touch the collar of her dress.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

He had again seated himself opposite to her, and was observing her with a half-frowning attention, as of one in whom the brain action is physically difficult.

From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Her half-frowning eyes gave the impression that she was still out of temper and on edge.

From Marriage à la mode by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

He stood regarding the intruder with mute, half-frowning inquiry.

From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by Howells, William Dean

And, with a half-laughing, half-frowning face, he stepped on a low couch, that he might reach and lift down the offending, boyish Laertes.

From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara