half-frowning
- a word derived from frown.
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
Harry gazed out at the sunlight beyond the window, half-squinting and half-frowning.
From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert
Well," he sat down and looked at the river, half-frowning, "it has seemed to me—I've had a notion—oh, I don't know.
From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)
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
