Definitions
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- adjective That which smiles or has a smile.
- noun The action of the verb to
smile . - verb Present participle of
smile .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective smiling with happiness or optimism
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
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Examples
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Along with legitimate claims, a series of objectors - one was known as "Queen Sister" - peppered him with questions including whether he was a communist, had caused the 1993 siege at Waco, Texas, and was familiar with the term "smiling like a butcher's dog."
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Along with legitimate claims, a series of objectors - one was known as "Queen Sister" - peppered him with questions including whether he was a communist, had caused the 1993 siege at Waco, Texas, and was familiar with the term "smiling like a butcher's dog."
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Along with legitimate claims, a series of objectors - one was known as "Queen Sister" - peppered him with questions including whether he was a communist, had caused the 1993 siege at Waco, Texas, and was familiar with the term "smiling like a butcher's dog."
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So Obama smiling is arrogance? unbelievable ... if he had a frown he would be the angry black man.
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They have a nice almond-shaped eye, a very bright eye, what I call a smiling eye.
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Vida really did not love her native land, she seemed to enjoy well enough what she called smiling 'the St. Martin's Summer' of her success in London society.
The Convert Elizabeth Robins 1907
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By contrast, the ranks of subjects whom Andy represented, like himself, occluded and determinedly not smiling, is equally revealing, as if to conjure not so much by passive aggression as by vaguely sexualized sullenness, even vacancy, the dominant mood of international fame in the 1970s and early to mid-1980s.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Little Jayden left me speechless there … and that picture of Sean smiling is so precious.
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They had been there before and were again smiling happily.
Page 2 2009
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Especially with gang members, calling them sir and smiling is something they hate.
Police Rudeness Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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