Example Sentences

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Every corner I turned, there I was, smirking.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

A week after presenting the “animal hoax,” atop a chyron reading “The Media Is Trying to Stir Things Up,” Watters was smirking about another topic.

From Slate • May 16, 2024

And the day after that, a psychologist wrote: “He was smirking and said, ‘Why would you ever think I would be suicidal?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Emanuel told investigators Wester was smirking and telling him he was going to jail and there was nothing he could do about it.

From Fox News • Jul. 11, 2019

Zeke looked up into the eyes of Pelicarnassus, who was smirking right back.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness