scowl
verb (used without object)
to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
scowlingly
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a word derived from
scowl.
Example Sentences
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Competing with Don for Megan’s love, Sally argues that she was friends with her first, and scowlingly demanding that Megan not betray her secrets to Don.
From Salon ● May 21, 2012
Colonel General Terenty Shtykov, the Soviet negotiator, had scowlingly refused even to discuss the issue of removal of machinery from Korea.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of them glanced scowlingly at Floyd, as he passed the lad, evidently associating his wounds with the presence of the prisoner.
From The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis by Willard F. Baker
The skipper turned upon Leslie rather sharply and scowlingly.
From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harold Piffard
The woman scowlingly waited for the head of the house to explain himself, and this, with the perversity of one who knows the dramatic value of suspense, he was in no haste to do.
From A Reversible Santa Claus by Meredith Nicholson
