squinting
IPA: skwˈɪntɪŋ
noun
- The act of one who squints.
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Examples of "squinting" in Sentences
- I call it "squinting"-you will have your own term.
- In fairness, he might be squinting in the bright sun.
- I wonder what the purpose is in squinting really hard when you pray.
- Secondly, the screens are small enough to make reading small type on Websites an exercise in squinting.
- They studied Bicyclus anynana, known as the squinting bush brown butterfly because of the eye-like patterns on their wings.
- In fact, if browsing the Internet from a desktop is regarded as a scanning activity, than browsing the Internet through the adaptive lens of a mobile browser might best be described as a squinting activity.
- Margaret, at the flattering address of her ladyship, let fall her eyelids, and timidly lifted them again; and while she endeavoured to express, by her eyes, every thing that was sweet and lovely, she gave them a turn very much like that defect which we call squinting; and smiling, as she was forming a speech to express her gratitude for the honour done her, she shewed the ruins of her mouth, and Lady Isabella with great difficulty suppressed her laughter.
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