squinted in English

verb

1

look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light.

the bright sun made them squint

synonyms: screw up one's eyes, narrow one's eyes, peer, blink

2

have eyes that look in different directions.

Melanie did not squint

synonyms: be cross-eyed, have a squint, suffer from strabismus

verb

screw up one's eyes, narrow one's eyes, peer, blink
be cross-eyed, have a squint, suffer from strabismus
squinch

Use "squinted" in a sentence

1. You squinted.

2. Dr. Lee said I squinted.

3. He squinted ahead, suddenly indignant.

4. I squinted through the keyhole.

5. He squinted and shielded his eyes.

6. L. squinted over the cigarette smoke.

7. 1 The girl squinted at the photograph.

8. Bernice squinted into the vinyl effect swirl.

9. He squinted at me through his spectacles.

10. 20 Anna squinted in the sudden bright sunlight.

11. As he squinted, he saw that the supine figure was glistening.

12. I squinted and transformed the galaxy into the dust of my dead skin.

13. An unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door.

14. 11 He was gritting his teeth and was nauseated, and his eyes squinted in pain.

15. When he squinted his eyes, he could just make out a house in the distance.

16. 18 The driver squinted judiciously ahead and built up the speed of the truck a little.

17. They squinted into the sun and made out the shape of a boat near the midstream.

18. “Good morning,” nodded Hill and squinted down his eyes as the young man Boggled at his words

19. Frank sits on a railing, white trousers, shirt and tie, straw hat,[Sentence dictionary] eyes squinted against the sun.

20. She squinted Blearily at the crack of angry, white light pouring through the gap at the top of her curtains

21. The pinched woman in a pink overall and blue mittens in the ticket office squinted at our passes and nodded us on.

22. Once congenial pairs of eyes now squinted and frowned at one another in passing. Someone in the company was a spy, a voyeur with sadistic tendencies.

23. Their eyes may be squinted, jaw muscles clenched and head turned slightly away from the speaker Arms and hands: To show receptivity, negotiators should spread arms and open hands on table or relaxed on their lap.

24. ‘Looms click-Clacked and we breathed the fat, warm, smell of wool.’ ‘A new herd of wildebeests click-Clacked into the palace surround.’ ‘Its markets smelt of durian and its cafés click-Clacked with the snap of mah-jong tiles.’ ‘Auntie looked up, squinted her eyes …