grimace
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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
“But they saw me grimace a little bit on the mound, and they’re not going to take any chances.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
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
Britt's performance was so unnerving that some Republicans watched "with a grimace," the Daily Beast reports.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024
Ivy nodded, ready for June to grimace or stammer some excuse.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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