Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squinny
Noun
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First, your jack-o-lantern's eyes start to squint.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025 -
And in a third, the gaunt 30-year-old killer flexes, purses his lips and squints.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Caesar and Coca were soon joined on the show by the diminutive Howard Morris, whom Caesar could hoist from the ground and glare at face to face, and by Carl Reiner, tall like Caesar but as happy as Sid was miserable—the ideal second banana.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Despite the glare, the family had smiles on their faces, with Diana lovingly holding Harry's hand.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Others slammed it for catering to the male gaze and taking inspiration from Brooke Shields' controversial 1980 denim campaign.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Eyes not on the sides of their heads, and a quick, macular gaze that isn’t like other animals’.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Grant kisses his mother’s cheek at her door while Evelyn locks eyes with Rose, giving her a threatening stare.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Some feminists saw that as presumption, skipping the long price of admission—slights, salaries, stares.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 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 14 Nov. 2025.
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