squinny

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  1. squint
  2. glare
  3. gaze
  4. stare
  5. leer
  6. gape
Noun
  • Through squints, yells, and outsize reactions, Tadanobu Asano created a character whose interiority is always roiling and reaching, someone who finds life unfulfilling and doesn’t understand why this is all there is.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of squint
Noun
  • Our top all-in-one computer recommendation right now is the latest iMac (9/10, WIRED Recommends), which has plenty of power (and can be configured to deliver more), not to mention an excellent nano-texture screen (a separate add-on) that immensely reduces glare.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
  • But Lunsford also suggested to look for a glimpse of the meteors in the early morning hours of Friday and Saturday to avoid the glare of the nearly full moon.
    Gina Park, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of glare
Noun
  • Gabriel looked down to the floor, and Thornton’s gaze skated away.
    Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Movement, new sounds, or even small changes in the environment can captivate their attention, leading to an intense gaze.
    Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of gaze
Noun
  • Note the worldly age implied in his thousand-yard stare: Redmayne as a slightly less old man.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
  • When visitors from United Way met her recently, Myra, in her playpen, greeted them with a curious stare.
    John Johnston, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of stare
Noun
  • The impersonal, modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Director Sarah Blush and her excellent six-woman ensemble have taken note — even when Williams’s text periodically wavers or thins, Coach Coach remains a delicious showcase for their all-out commitment to every gasp-inducing revelation, ominous leer, and sudden but inevitable betrayal.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 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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