squint

If you squint and look at him one way, he seems like a moderate, but look at him from another angle, and he seems super progressive.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Maybe you need to squint to see it right now, but after I give you this egg “biscuit” recipe, you’ll be running to the kitchen and that image will become much clearer.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

Of course, if you squint, you can see what interests Soderbergh in this set-up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

A scan detected the benign mass on his brain after he developed a slight squint and suffered occasional painful headaches.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

I squint at bluish-purple specks way out past the skyscrapers.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

The messages ricochet across an Iowa grocery store, a kind of ambient chorus while, at one of the few remaining manned checkout lines, a cashier squints at his screen.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026

But such squints are a poor substitute for certainty; greater clarity may come from JWST’s measurement of how much iron the nebula holds.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2023

She squints her eyes, trying to find her young self in the pictures.

From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023

But Martina Becker, a manager at HGK shipping, squints out at the river and looks concerned.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2022

Wes squints like he’s expecting me to put it all into context for him, but what would I say even if I were more of a talker?

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

My head was tilted at an angle that brought the odometer into view, so I squinted: It was about to hit a half-million.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

As he squinted to read it, I told him the article was about investors discovering—

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

If you squinted, you could have sworn it was 2019 again, back when downtown L.A.was the heart of the city’s nightlife before the pandemic knocked it sideways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

If she squinted at the doorway, past the palm tree, over the pool and to the mountains, she could pretend that nothing bad had happened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025

She squinted as darkness fell over the beach.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The mere sight of us pulling out the camera and squinting through its tiny viewfinder draws attention – "I've not seen one of these in years", a man remarks.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

But once you have accepted the limitations and frustrations, the experience will justify squinting your eyes and straining your neck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

There is much rubbing of ash between fingers and squinting to gauge the color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

He’d practiced that in the bathroom mirror, squinting his eyes to get a fierce look.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis