Example Sentences

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They were beaming and bearing the gifts that had been glaringly missing on the first round.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

But with his injured mouth covered by a surgical mask, his eyes were beaming as he arrived at London's Heathrow airport on a flight from Cairo, with his mother, brother and little sister.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

The room was packed, and at least half of them were beaming and smiling and offering Karoline Leavitt fulsome thanks.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

Gilbert had just left “a talk about Egypt where they said they were beaming people into space when they die and that’s why the Pharaohs are in pyramids,” he laughed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

The crow’s feet round his eyes were beaming.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White