scowl
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We were shortly joined by her brother, who kept a scowl on his face as we spoke.
From Slate β Aug. 14, 2026
But it was his grittiest—and that’s all Indiana needed for its famously stony coach to drop the scowl.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 20, 2026
Shady’s adenoidal whine is nowhere to be found on this record, replaced with a sinister, very adult scowl.
From Salon β Aug. 30, 2024
His waxen face was frozen in a perpetual scowl.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 20, 2024
I didn’t scowl back, even though I wanted to.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
He has no choice but to ask his neighbors for help, and weather the disapproving scowls of Clive, who suggests that Leo give him a key.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 1, 2026
Until the most recent episode, though, Alice’s entire personality has been scowls and deprecating hisses.
From Salon β Sep. 10, 2026
That inspired the sketch about a hiring interviewer whose alternating expressions of smiles and scowls unnerve a job candidate played by Nate Clark.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 2, 2024
Gone are the decades of scowls, railing against officials, getting in the face of players, snapping at reporters.
From Washington Times β Nov. 7, 2023
“I thought you like to make rules,” she says, and scowls.
From "Zaraβs Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Later in the fourth, the injury subsided, and Davis scowled after his blocked shot led to a Cam Reddish dunk.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 9, 2023
But if fans expect to see the tough guy in the black wrestling trunks, black leather vest with a scowled face while he’s learning new jobs, they might be disappointed.
From Washington Times β Apr. 28, 2023
Some purists might have scowled at the time, but the effect was undeniable.
From New York Times β Aug. 25, 2022
As he read it, he scowled and stopped, rejecting the words he was to read.
From Washington Post β Jul. 22, 2022
No, I know a better vocabulary word: scowled.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
He got his start singing in a church choir at the age of five, and earned his nom de plume from a childhood photo of him scowling in a bunny costume.
From BBC β Feb. 5, 2026
Next was coach Mike Vrabel, an upbeat former Belichick player determined to win without scowling.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 26, 2026
The shouts — a husky voice with a Southern surf bro twang — echoed in the dojo as a 4-year-old blond boy with a headband reading “Lil’ Dragon” punched up at a scowling mannequin.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 3, 2025
In September, Japan's Nintendo marked four decades since the release of the first "Super Mario Bros." game with its platforms, pipes and scowling enemies.
From Barron's β Nov. 13, 2025
I tried not to laugh at the scowling man’s partially shaved head.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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