make a wry face
Example Sentences
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"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
History already has come to make a wry face on tasting the wine from N�rnberg's chalice.
From Time Magazine Archive
You’ll make a wry face upon six-water grog, to-morrow, at seven bells.
From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick
Trying the injured leg, he declared he believed he would be able to get along; even though he did make a wry face at the very moment of saying this.
From Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps by Fletcher, Archibald Lee
