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smirk

[smurk] / smɜrk /
NOUN
sly smile
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Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

On Chinese social media, pictures show some users sticking couplets or upside down pictures of Malfoy's signature smirk.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The musical indulges her not with a smirk but with a knowing smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

I must be left in the snow, I must be buried in a hole, I must be reprimanded and ordered not to smirk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Door smothered a laugh and Coal ducked his head to hide his smirk.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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