smile on/upon
phrasal verb
smiled on/upon; smiling on/upon; smiles on/upon
: to make (someone or something) have good luck or success
Fortune smiled upon us and we won the lottery.
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Every player on the Leafs bench had a huge smile on their face as Myers went through the handshake line.
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Kevin Papetti, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Katy Perry climbed aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocketship with a smile on her face.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Perry was the next to exit, pointing at the sky with a smile on her face before kissing the ground.
—Jennifer Earl, Analisa Novak, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
The video captures Marina with an ear-to-ear smile on her face, dancing through a mansion in multiple corseted gowns surrounded by gorgeous women of all ages, enjoying their lives without judgment.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Papetti, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Katy Perry climbed aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocketship with a smile on her face.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Perry was the next to exit, pointing at the sky with a smile on her face before kissing the ground.
—Jennifer Earl, Analisa Novak, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
The video captures Marina with an ear-to-ear smile on her face, dancing through a mansion in multiple corseted gowns surrounded by gorgeous women of all ages, enjoying their lives without judgment.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for smile on/upon
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“Smile on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smile%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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