smiley face
nounDefinition of smiley face
: a line drawing of a smiling face
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There’s also a recurring smiley face formed by a Swoosh below two stripes, which is nice. — Cam Wolf, GQ, "Nike’s Releasing New Collections with Virgil Abloh and Kim Jones," 1 June 2018 After the Texas Supreme Court shot down the city’s petition, city reps tried to put a smiley face on the fiasco by arguing that the decision left the firefighters with no excuses to avoid negotiation. — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, "Court cases demonstrate Sculley’s disregard for process," 11 July 2018 The former Texas A&M standout tweeted a smiley face with a cowboy hat as news of the agreement spread on Twitter. — Schuyler Dixon, Houston Chronicle, "AP sources: DeAndre Jordan commits again 3 years after jilting Mavericks," 1 July 2018 There's a rainbow, yellow smiley faces and a joke, etched in capital letters: Elon Musk, the provocateur and founder of electronic carmaker Tesla, thought so too. — Rachel Siegel, latimes.com, "Elon Musk's troubled love of a magical unicorn," 30 June 2018 Jordan tweeted an emoji of a smiley face wearing a cowboy hat at 11:09 p.m., nine minutes after the midnight (eastern time) free agency bell set by the NBA. — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, "DeAndre Jordan is joining the Mavericks (for real this time)," 30 June 2018 Video from the special event shows the window cleaners drawing smiley faces and giving high-fives to the patients as the little ones erupted in happiness. — Christopher Brito, CBS News, "Window washers dressed as superheroes surprise young patients at Iowa hospital," 29 June 2018 Founded by Bill Harvey, the artist who created the iconic smiley face in 1963, the day is intended to spread goodwill. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Celebrate World Smile Day with a happy book recommended by Milwaukee children's librarians," 4 Oct. 2017 The tiny shoes had Velcro and smiley faces, hearts and stars. — Silvia Foster-frau, San Antonio Express-News, "Hundreds join Castro to protest administration’s separation policy," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'smiley face.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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