were squinting
- past progressive of squint.
Example Sentences
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Both recordings landed in springtime, when epidemiologists were squinting at lights at the ends of tunnels.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2021
At 9 a.m. on a Friday, Ginny and I were squinting up through binoculars in Central Park.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2019
The air hung hot and heavy, and the sun was so bright that both of them were squinting.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
“Oh. For a second you were squinting very oddly at everything and I thought you had something in your eye. So, fox, which way am I to go?”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
But Emma and Chess were squinting harder and harder and harder.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
