How to Use squint in a Sentence

squint

1 of 2 verb

• She had to squint to read the small print.
• He squinted through the haze of smoke.
• I had to squint my eyes to focus on the tiny letters.
• I noticed that he squints.
• One doesn’t have to squint to see why.
  — Abby McCloskey, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
• Meanwhile, Charles squints at the phone.
  — Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
• Through the grime, though, Payton could squint and see progress.
  — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• With squiggly green worms so bright that your impulse is to squint.
  — Lauren Rothery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• Piper crossed his living room and squinted through the peep-hole on his front door.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• The first sign of the eyes’ becoming teeth is the squinting at phones.
  — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
• Lupe squinted at the sun and then took the envelope and stared down at the ground.
  — Francisco Cantú, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018
• There are certainly folks in the top rows paying at least that much, or more, to squint.
  — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2026
• Berners-Lee, squinting, wasn’t so sure.
  — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
• Tired of squinting at your dim, blurry TV?
  — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026
• Tired of squinting at your dim, blurry TV?
  — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026
• Pok squinted against his bedroom's harsh, swinging light.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
• And squinting is not necessary to see a vision for him.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
• Getting there requires a bit of squinting.
  — John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2026
• One Belly’s mom has to squint to even see/disapprove of.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
• The Babycatcher looked up at the sky and squinted.
  — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
• But after squinting at lots of tiny scatter plots, nothing jumped out.
  — Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2023
• The sun’s last rays lingered on tables where customers squinted at the light.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• The page squinted up at the nightingale, her dull feathers and stippled breast.
  — Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
• Key was aboard a ship in the harbor and squinted through smoke to see who had won, as the sun began to break.
  — Christina Ruffini, CBS News, 4 July 2023
• This year, the schedules were on matte paper and print was small enough to prompt squinting.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
• Watch your dog for signs of squinting, blinking, runny eyes, or pawing at his face.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2025
• The grownups squinted in confusion, while the children whipped their hands through the air.
  — Sophia Hollander, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• Some went completely prone and squinted down along the floorboards.
  — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• Needless to say, there was much squinting at computer screens.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
• There’s still enough light outside to make everyone look nice and bright, but no glaring sun to squint at.
  — Fox News, 26 July 2023

squint

2 of 2 noun

• Her gaze narrowed into a squint.
• And his method is when in doubt, squint.
  — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
• First, your jack-o-lantern's eyes start to squint.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
• The sun forced her eye into a squint and lit up her short red hair.
  — Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Sep. 2017
• Ba didn’t heed the mess while living and in death his mean squint goes right past it.
  — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
• Ba didn’t heed the mess while living and in death his mean squint goes right past it.
  — Longreads, 3 Aug. 2017
• Shake the ball, close your eyes, squint as the letters become clear—yes?
  — Hazlitt, 7 Jan. 2026
• Black or blue ink on royal blue paper makes no sense and makes your staff squint to see.
  — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
• So much can be said with a look or a squint in a way that is pretty new for videogames, even for us.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 June 2020
• Not to mention, no one wants squint-eye and forehead wrinkles.
  — oregonlive.com, 10 June 2019
• But squint and make the hard lines blur, this girl looks like a model from a magazine.
  — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
• While the brush air might be welcoming, the sun beaming in your face can cause your eyes to squint.
  — Erika Hardison, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
• And in a third, the gaunt 30-year-old killer flexes, purses his lips and squints.
  — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• Why squint at a tiny phone when a PC and its large display could be used instead?
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 9 Oct. 2020
• Herbie Carter joined us, a lean man with a sly grin, sunburned squint and twinkling eyes.
  — Howard Fishman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• The left arm rose slowly, the mouth half-open, the eyelids flickering into a squint.
  — Nick Glass, CNN, 12 May 2017
• Tiny, squint-to-see-them straps are definitely in, but a thick upper like this will always be chic.
  — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 7 June 2026
• The resemblance — from the squint to the lopsided smile — is striking.
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
• In other circumstances, people might view that type of playlist combo with a head-scratching squint.
  — Rick Suter, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
• Posing on the red carpet, Lizzo held up a teeny-tiny bag that required a soft squint to grasp what was in her hand.
  — Nandi Howard, Essence, 24 Nov. 2019
• But with a second look and squint, the air is wavy above the cracks in the hill and the smell of gas is unmistakable as one approaches.
  — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2021
• Even a light squint will transform this vehicle into a Mazda or a Buick.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2021
• Their perma-squints are born of concentration, pressure and sunshine.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• Georgia’s new law no longer requires election workers to squint at voters’ signatures.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 June 2021
• Most days, the tropical sun bounces off the coral and sand, refracting into a hard light that gives many islanders a permanent squint.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
• Regulars squint in the sunlight to see who’s strolling in for a morning, lunchtime or afternoon beer at one of the best dive bars in Texas.
  — Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2022
• He's got the ex-con beard and hoodie and thousand-yard squint and is a bit of a mystery, although that might be giving him a little too much credit.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
• So each day and night, students gather outside, trickling into the different clusters with a wave or a squint of the eyes that hints at a masked smile.
  — USA Today, 9 Sep. 2020
• Though her voluminous pink gown draped over her hands, a certain accessory on that finger made eagle-eyed fans squint.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 14 May 2022
• But following along is still enjoyable enough, right down to Benoit Blanc’s last sardonic squint.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2022