squinnies

plural of squinny

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squinnies
Noun
  • And in a third, the gaunt 30-year-old killer flexes, purses his lips and squints.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Byrne has never been better, sharper, or more intimidating as a screen presence, carrying the movie with squints and frowns.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lots of laughter, troubled gazes, leftovers.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In Competition Tender Claws’ Face Jumping, uses eye-tracking on the Meta Quest Pro to let participants swap perspectives with what looked like ghosts, by locking gazes with them.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Unfortunately, things took a dramatic turn at the end of the hour when Drew arrived at the church, drawing intense glares from nearly everyone in attendance.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Some feminists saw that as presumption, skipping the long price of admission—slights, salaries, stares.
    James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Secluded in the rural Indiana camp, reigniting a messy relationship with a longtime friend and wary of the cryptic stares of her peers, our narrator discovers the demons have followed her all the way from New York City.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Squinnies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squinnies. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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