grinned

Example Sentences

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This left Davies mock-floundering next to her, before she winked at the camera and grinned.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

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

Seated backstage in a small dressing room, Tweedy grinned beneath a mop of fuzzy hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Spielberg grinned as the audience broke out into cheers.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Grandpa grinned and said, “That’s one of those extra irons I was telling you about. I wrote a letter to those circus people and got an answer from the animal trainer.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls