make a wry face
Example Sentences
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History already has come to make a wry face on tasting the wine from N�rnberg's chalice.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Mr. Hoover summons France to execute herself as he would summon Nicaragua," observed L'Ere Nouvelle, "and yet the whole world is astonished because we make a wry face!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Asked his opinion of the New Deal, its first victim could only make a wry face and helplessly wave his big paw in the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
Daniel make a wry face, but took the kerchief, threw it about his neck, and tied it in a knot under his chin.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
Other partners like your joys, but they make a wry face over the sorrows, and like to squirm out of them if they can.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
