squinty
Americanadjective
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A new study suggests that those squinty eyes could be a trade-off for powerful chomping jaws.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2022
Blue-lanyarded delegates are being dropped off at the squinty bridge to walk over the river to the venue.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2021
We know many of these mannerisms: the crinkly voice, the squinty gaze, the way of pulling her mouth tight, the chipper here-I-go indomitability.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
Misfires like these are among the reasons I find myself looking at the lyrics-as-picture-book-text phenomenon with squinty eyes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2018
Most of the queen’s khalasar had gone with Aggo and Rakharo to search for her on the Dothraki sea, but the squinty, bowlegged jaqqa rhan Rommo was there to speak for die riders who remained.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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