as in smiled
to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward
grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool
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Recent Examples of grinned
Swift flashed her old mine brilliant cut ring to the camera while Kelce grinned wide.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Asked about the fake out, Mara grinned.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Seated backstage in a small dressing room, Tweedy grinned beneath a mop of fuzzy hair.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Raúl grinned and told us to punch him.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
The man kneeled on the ground while propping up a ring box on the stage and grinned.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Standing in the visiting dressing room at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday morning, Sabres alternate captain Alex Tuch grinned when asked about how the group is handling the trade rumors as a contending team as opposed to one that is selling.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Mamdani grinned puckishly recalling his mother’s interest in academic achievement.
—Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
The Disney World first-timer waved at Tigger, grinned for photos with Cinderella and faced down stormtroopers on a Star Wars ride.
—Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Bryan West, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Asked about the fake out, Mara grinned.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Seated backstage in a small dressing room, Tweedy grinned beneath a mop of fuzzy hair.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Raúl grinned and told us to punch him.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
The man kneeled on the ground while propping up a ring box on the stage and grinned.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Standing in the visiting dressing room at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday morning, Sabres alternate captain Alex Tuch grinned when asked about how the group is handling the trade rumors as a contending team as opposed to one that is selling.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Mamdani grinned puckishly recalling his mother’s interest in academic achievement.
—Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
The Disney World first-timer waved at Tigger, grinned for photos with Cinderella and faced down stormtroopers on a Star Wars ride.
—Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinned
Verb
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The crew that launched into space on Wednesday, April 1, smiled and cheered alongside one another as their microphone floated in the air before the call went silent on both ends.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Guthrie and Melvin smiled at each other and shook hands before the program went to its first local break.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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When Bradford delivered the detail about the sandwich, the board and attendees laughed and shook their heads.—
Chevall Pryce,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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LaMorie laughed and walked toward the officers.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Grinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinned. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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