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US
/ˈɡɹɪnɪŋ/
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[ UK /ɡɹˈɪnɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈɪnɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
How To Use grinning In A Sentence
- Halpern kept his arms crossed and eyes forward, while Ren was grinning and tucking a few stray hairs up under a mesh caul.
- My monitor fills with images of two men saluting, grinning thumbs up or looking dead serious.
- So maybe you'll get what we call a titty brim," said Tommy Bryant, a veteran north Florida bass and panfish guide, grinning. Spring Tactics for Big Bluegill from Field and Stream's John Merwin
- I left Chop Suey slightly bruised from getting in the way of an impromptu one-man mosh pit and grinning foolishly, which is the way all the best shows end. The Parson Red Heads and Blitzen Trapper at Chop Suey | Seattle Metblogs
- As I looked at these mines with their thousands of grinning natives and heard the rattle of gravel in the "jigs" my mind went back to Kimberley and the immense part that its glittering wealth played in determining the economic fate of South Africa. An African Adventure
- He knew nothing of the elaborate machinery of ingenious chicane, - such as feigning bankruptcy - fraudulent conveyances - making over to his wife - running property - and had never heard of such tricks of trade as sending out coffins to the graveyard, with negroes inside, carried off by sudden spells of imaginary disease, to be "resurrected," in due time, grinning, on the banks of the Brazos. The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches,
- Greer slipped into the background, grinning tho, I think he finds it a relief not always to have to be the big kahuna. TROPIC OF NIGHT
- He was aware of grinning, slavering mouths, incomprehensible, whimpering sounds, and fingers scratching at the talc. IN LOVE AND WAR
- The grinning, slithering jackanapes is reportedly going to concentrate his sales pitch on the U.S., suspecting that we Brits would sooner chew our tongues than buy his book when it is published on Sept. 13. Boycott Blair's Book!
- Stop grinning and tell me what happened!