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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If glare is a concern, opt for textured works, canvases, or three-dimensional pieces instead.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
23 Feb. 2026
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As for your current car and the issue with headlight glare try this.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Stoic, steady under pressure, and with an unflinching gaze that does most of the talking for him, Chris has no patience for hypocrisy or cruelty and holds fast to a quiet moral code rooted in fairness and restraint.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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Baldwin refused to play this role for white, heterosexual society and instead turned his critical gaze back on white heterosexuals, forcing them to look in the mirror.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The stares were blank and the handshakes perfunctory, because the Canadians know the value of silver as pertains to this tournament.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Her vacant stares are laced with just enough recognizable humanity to make the camera question what, if anything, is going on behind her eyes — a mystery that looms over the entire story.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hobert standing grinning for the camera while a menacing clown leers through a window behind her.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Give someone these Santa Maria Novella Melograno Bath Salts, tell them the history, and watch as their mouths gape in surprise.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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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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“Squinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squinny. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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