grinned

Example Sentences

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Still dressed in his black suit from the red carpet, the star ate with his award sitting on the table and grinned as he signed paper hats for staff.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

His owner — well, his soul’s owner at least— grinned and joked, “I think he’s better in Spanish” than in English.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

She grinned as she explained that some sculptures of famed Buddhist monk Ji Gong even showed him smiling on one side of his face and frowning on the other.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

He grinned, this soft, knowing beam that made the whole thing feel like a small rite of passage.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Stepping back, he stood for several seconds looking at it; then he grinned and said, “Just to be sure that it won’t hurt a monkey’s paw, I think it should be tested out, don’t you?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls