simper
Example Sentences
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Like all the best confidence tricksters, Ripley reads people, each nervous twitch, each self-regarding simper, using every moment of weakness for his own gain.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2018
He tweeted: "*blush* *giggle* *simper* - thank you very much, nice Golden Rose people."
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2015
Soon she and Vinny have established a playful rapport that causes Edgar to whimper and simper in jealousy.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2011
Even party ballet Elite Syncopations, MacMillan's 1974 setting of Scott Joplin rags, has an acidic aftertaste: the girls simper and the men strut with an unnerving edge of desperation.
From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010
He had small, watery eyes, a pointed nose, and wore an unpleasant simper.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
