emoticon
Example Sentences
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Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns tweeted in response on Wednesday, using a national flag emoticon for “America.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2022
Others had grown suspicious of his emoticon use: one wrote that anyone “who uses the ‘!?’ emoji is totally a middle-aged man.”
From Washington Post • May 11, 2021
The picture, with the caption “peaceful troops” and an emoticon of a skeptical face, received 20,000 likes.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2020
He argued that his use of the tongue-out emoticon “:-P” suggested that he was making statements in jest and not as serious threats.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2019
Like a little happy but somewhat clueless emoticon.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
