grinned

Example Sentences

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He looked thinner than in his prior court appearance, but grinned enthusiastically as he shook his lawyers’ hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

Razi and Shifa grinned as Zheng turned it over in his hands, the lion’s head gleaming in the moonlight.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook