smirk
verb (used without object)
to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
were smirking
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past progressiveof smirk.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I glared at the kids who were smirking.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
“The first time I saw you in this courtroom you were smirking at all the victims,” said Ed Fucarile, whose son Marc lost his right leg.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2015
The spectators were smirking, since they knew that the Blues were coming from the north.
From Time Magazine Archive
Few of the doubters were smirking last week when Huang and AT&T unveiled an experimental computing machine based on optics rather than electrons, the first of its kind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Crabbe and Goyle seemed to be keeping a lookout; both were smirking.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
