squinty
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- squintiness noun
Etymology
Origin of squinty
Example Sentences
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"There's a caged section underneath the squinty bridge that's locked," she said.
From BBC
She blows us kisses, flashes a squinty smile, drops to her knees in gratitude for applause.
From New York Times
A new study suggests that those squinty eyes could be a trade-off for powerful chomping jaws.
From Scientific American
We go outside, he said, shedding our heavy jackets, baring our legs, lifting our squinty eyes to the sun.
From Seattle Times
It’s harder to laugh at her Trudy, a figure of pathos with a squinty tic and a hunched gait that never lets you forget she is shadowed by danger.
From New York Times
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