Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squinny
Noun
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Shake the ball, close your eyes, squint as the letters become clear—yes?—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
7 Jan. 2026 -
And his method is when in doubt, squint.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Thompson, meanwhile, savors every contemptuous glare and hateful retort Anna regularly supplies.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
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The vast open cluster plays host to roughly 1,000 bright young stars, though its light will be incredibly challenging to spot in the glare of the full Snow Moon.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Barbie doll has a gaze that shifts slightly to the side, reflecting how some people with autism avoid direct eye contact.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Clayton and Josephson cast their gazes over the social order, dismayed by constellations of inauthenticity and self-erasure.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Salerno claims her team was disqualified from the following meet, and then began to face intimidating stares from the trans athlete at public events.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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But, if dressed in modern attire, this prehistoric relative may not have drawn too many stares on a subway train.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the scene, the men leer at Caroline and touch her face.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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Rattle the bars with his scream and swallow me into the black of his gape.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Squinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squinny. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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