smile
verb (used without object)
to assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement, but sometimes derision or scorn, characterized by an upturning of the corners of the mouth.
will be smiling
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future progressiveof smile.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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But only one of them will be smiling and dancing after the last bell late Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
But Butta will be smiling under her mask, when she sees her customers for the first time since early March.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2020
After an interview with Jay Haas, who lost to Walton, Enberg added: ‘Some are heartbroken and some will be smiling with that heart for two years.’
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 22, 2017
"If I live life to the full, I think future me will be smiling, too," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2015
If your face is smiling, the one in the mirror will be smiling.
From Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls by Howard J. (Howard James) Chidley
