Thesaurus results for SQUINTED

squinted

verb

past tense of squint

as in peered

to take a look with the eyes narrowed (as because of difficulty seeing) He squinted in her direction, but couldn't make her out with the sun behind her.

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Recent Examples of squinted Pok squinted against his bedroom's harsh, swinging light. —

Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Dressed in periwinkle, Annie took off her shoes in front of the sunflowers, sat down, squinted into the sunlight and smiled. —

Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026 Carson squinted at prices before hooking the fuel nozzle to the tank of his scarlet Buick. —

Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026 Giles cranked the boat back around, leaned out from behind the steering wheel and squinted past a bright glare on the water. —

Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025 Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the wings of migratory monarch butterflies traveling from west of the Rocky Mountains. —

Olivia Maule, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025 The page squinted up at the nightingale, her dull feathers and stippled breast. —

Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025 The Babycatcher looked up at the sky and squinted. —

Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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Verb

Gay comedian Sam Oh peered over to his roastee, Julian Stern, and prepared his first stream of jabs at his straight counterpart.

— Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Bob’s grandfather peered through the fence at League Park to catch a glimpse of Game 1 of the 1920 World Series.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 May 2026