squinny

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  1. squint
  2. glare
  3. gaze
  4. stare
  5. leer
  6. gape
Noun
  • Wyler’s squint of discomfort with Penn’s manipulations soon softens into a look of impressed awe, her eyes no longer judgmental but adoring.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Their faces spoke louder: frowns of frustration, gasps of shock, squints of doubt, bursts of laughter, pouts of disappointment.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of squint
Noun
  • Swap the city for somewhere that looks dark on a light-pollution map with a western horizon free from the glare of a city.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Besides shading the sun’s glare and protecting against the elements, baseball caps have always been worn to represent the home team — in today’s fashion, that translates to personal branding that casually aligns the wearer with a luxe label, interest or experience, or style POV.
    Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of glare
Noun
  • But when the Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze toward Neptune’s dark eye in 1994, the spot had disappeared.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Eastwood’s unhurried gaze allows the characters’ humanity to shine through.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of gaze
Noun
  • On the other hand, a dog's stare can sometimes signal discomfort or stress.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The stares, people pulling and touching you, photographing you.
    Reed Putman, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of stare
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  • By Justin Worland/Bogotá October 29, 2024 8:00 AM EDT Puede leer nuestro artículo en Español aquí.
    Justin Worland/Bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The character of Henry VIII predictably modernizes with time, evolving from a comic figure who eats with his hands and leers at every passing maiden to a dramatic role that ranges from well intentioned but deeply tormented to borderline sociopathic.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Definition of leer
Noun
  • That’s two-thirds of its own mass, and 93% of its maximal gape area.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But this means a snake’s overall mouth size expands in conjunction with the larger diameter, says researchers, who add this means a 10.2-in gape increases its total area by 40-percent.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of gape
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