scowl
Example Sentences
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Mom tries not to scowl, but Maggie can see it starting to bend her face.
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He scowls, looks at me like I just suggested we play checkers instead of Scrabble.
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He scowled as he took it, peeved by this unsettling reversal of roles.
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With his practiced executive scowl and scripted boardroom catchphrase, “You’re fired!,” the show burnished his image as a decisive billionaire dealmaker, even as his real-life business results were far less impressive.
From Los Angeles Times
An AI-generated image soon circulated of Underwood’s familiar scowl—only this time, he was wearing an orange tracksuit in front of an Soviet-style apartment complex looking every bit an Eastern bloc taskmaster.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.