Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squinny
Noun
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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 -
Shake the ball, close your eyes, squint as the letters become clear—yes?—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Symptoms include blurry or double vision, floaters, dark spots and trouble seeing in glare or bright light.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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With a glare and a snarl and youthful athleticism, the wrong side of history beckons.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Her head slid down the leather headrest, neck tilting backward for more happiness to escape, clavicle bared to her husband’s confused gaze.—
‘Pemi Aguda,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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By widening the lens, Clark is able to redirect the book’s gaze from the mother toward a quizzical, sometimes critical, but not unaffectionate portrait of two generations of political activism, with the attendant self-involvement and domestic negligence.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Noun
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At the office The stare doesn’t stop at the service counter.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Still as feisty as UConn baseball fans might remember him, the original AK touched 98 MPH and had a stare-down with Jac Caglianone after a hit by pitch.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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Something between a chuckle and a leer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, Chick 2, Luna, is smaller, has a straighter gape, and has been more aggressive.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Chick 1, which has been identified as being larger with a slight curve to its gape, is Sandy.—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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“Squinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squinny. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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