- present participle of smile.
smiling
Example Sentences
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They wore fliers around their necks, hung with yellow thread, bearing the smiling faces and names of some of the 75 people who have died since January 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
In one, Brett Palmer is holding his son and smiling after the nurse said Jackson was recovering well.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
The parents of a three-year-old boy who was attacked in a crocodile enclosure say they are "amazed" at the progress he is making and that he is "smiling again".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Luckily his big brother, still only 19 himself, appeared to spot it and was seen smiling up at him from the pitch.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The smiling slender man in his early thirties, with his protruding ears, balding head, and minuscule glasses, gave an elaborate bow.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
