grimace

Example Sentences

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Three portable toilets in the west parking lot were so full that a woman repeatedly opened and closed each door with a grimace and then walked away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Charles, who responded with a playful grimace, quipped: "Yes well, all that's left of him anyway."

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025

“I think that smile, it wasn’t like a — it was like an ‘ooh’, you know, like, one of those,” Cunningham said, making a grimace.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Eyebrows dance above her piercing eyes as her mouth stretches into a toothy grin that’s part smile, part grimace.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024

Ivy nodded, ready for June to grimace or stammer some excuse.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake