squinted

past tense of squint

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of squinted The Babycatcher looked up at the sky and squinted. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squinted
Verb
  • At the door, a man in a shiny blue suit and eyeglasses forged from some fragile-looking but probably indestructible mineral whose extraction shapes contemporary geoeconomics said hello, peered over my shoulder.
    Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Her window peered south toward a dark sea.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The couple glanced at each other.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • After a solid start to the season, Goodwin dropped two passes in one drive against Nebraska, one that ricocheted off of his pads and another that glanced off of his hands in the end zone.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then, in the 1980s, Anne stared as Veronica Rooney on the hit sitcom Archie Bunker’s Place, a role that added two more Emmy nods to her roster.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • So in the moments after takeoff, Higginbotham always stared at his watch, heart pounding, counting the seconds to a minute.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Similarly, during the 2013 shutdown, public sentiment blinked against both Congress and the president, with Republicans in Congress absorbing a heavier share of the blame.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The doe’s eyes blinked on either side of a spindly trunk.
    Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Squinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squinted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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