all smiles

idiom

: happy and smiling
She was all smiles as she opened her birthday presents.

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Both mother and daughter are all smiles throughout. Emma Banks, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026 The first photo in the Instagram carousel was an image of Dart, Ayers and Valdez, who were all smiles on the boat. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026 The Kremlin is all smiles whenever Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is in town, and Putin still calls Trump ahead of the U.S. president’s meetings with Volodymyr Zelensky, but Oreshnik is the Kremlin’s statement piece. Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026 Harris all smiles It’s been a long time coming, but Jordan Harris took the notable step of joining the team for the morning skate a the Garden on Tuesday. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for all smiles

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“All smiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20smiles. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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