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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of scowl.

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Examples

  • “Agatha” according to her name tag scowled at me as she took my blood pressure and checked my chart.

    Shade Jeri Smith-Ready 2010

  • “Agatha” according to her name tag scowled at me as she took my blood pressure and checked my chart.

    Shade Jeri Smith-Ready 2010

  • A strong lead -- "It's startling, sometimes, how easy it is for a college football coach to control and bend the minds of his otherwise freethinking student-athletes." -- gives way to crazy placard man shouting on the street corner, complete with EXCLAMATION POINTS! and angry words like "scowled" and "venting" and "unprovoked" and

    Rocky Top Talk 2010

  • Camden was contemptuous; Dunning only 'scowled' at him; and Barré, after taking in his book, gave it back with the mysterious information that he had 'got into a scrape.' [

    The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Leslie Stephen 1868

  • Clutching the grisly trophy in his claws, he scowled at Logan.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Mr. Yost, in suit and tie, scowled in my direction.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • Glen shuffled down the aisle marked "electrical" and scowled at the hardware store's big, orange logo.

    Orange Box Katherine Nabity 2011

  • He scowled at me, or maybe it was a grimace, and said: "Bring it."

    Lisa K. Friedman: Bring It Lisa K. Friedman 2012

  • I caught his eye dipping toward our joined hands, and he scowled.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Caithe scowled and took another gulp, coming away with a foam mustache.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

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