wry in English
a wry smile
Aliette made a wry face, and turned away disbelieving.
Use "wry" in a sentence
1. His wry grin faded.
2. She gave a wry smile.
3. Antony's wry smile disconcerted Sutcliffe.
4. Lozano was a wry, funny man.
5. Mary gave me a wry smile.
6. She made a wry grimace.
7. Rucell's wry smile under his handlebar mustache.
8. Her writing has a wry dryness.
9. His mouth lifted in a wry smile.
10. And wry grins on their faces.
11. 1 She made a wry grimace.
12. With wry humour, they laugh at their misfortunes.
13. He acknowledged his mistake with a wry grimace.
14. He listened patiently, with a wry smile.
15. His mouth twisted into a wry smile.
16. Mr. Lin sighed and smiled in wry modesty.
17. She watched their fumbling efforts with wry amusement.
18. In spite of herself, Lisa smiled a wry smile.
19. There is a wry sense of humour in his work.
20. 5 With wry humour,(www.Sentencedict.com) they laugh at their misfortunes.
21. He looked across at Jos with a wry smile .
22. Rare is an exchange: a smile of brief, wry recognition.
23. 5 He acknowledged his mistake with a wry grimace.
24. Janet met each challenge with fortitude and a wry good humor.
25. This book is suffused with Shaw's characteristic wry Irish humour.
26. 'Was it as bad as you expected?' Travis gave a wry smile.
27. A wry and entertaining tale, typical of this good writer.
28. And Judge Lawrence Verney allowed himself a wry little smile.
29. A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
30. For example, many people today view alcohol abuse with wry amusement.
31. 'At least we got one vote,' she said with a wry smile.
32. The next one got kind of a wry smile on his face and said,
33. The man smiled a wry but gentle smile and beckoned me in.
34. Iyer is a hybrid being or rather, to use his wry term, a mongrel.
35. The Antiquary, Scott's personal favorite among his novels, is characteristically wry and urbane
36. With a wry smile, he replied: “I’m now second counselor in my ward bishopric.
37. She gave a wry little grin, realising she had no real plan of action in mind.
38. A good thing they'd be in Winchester tonight ... Wry humour put a slight quirk in his mouth.
39. He was like a chameleon, she thought with wry admiration, able to adapt at will to any situation.
40. The play is a rueful, wry observation about the way we are all subject to the ravages of time.
41. That's the flneur, caught in the spotlight, blushing perhaps but with a wry smile playing around his lips. Sentencedict.com
42. Throughout the next four decades his wry, laid-back style became a fixture on television and in movies.
43. Awry Meaning: "crooked, askew, turned or twisted to one side," from a- (1) "on" + wry (adj.)
44. Quirky elements like the reward of ‘Cake’ for success, Anthropomorphous storage crates, lonely machine-gun turrets and wry in-jokes.
45. Hearing her praises lavishly extolled, she gave a sad, wry smile and returned to Terry's room to clear up.
46. Knowing this, Googol tried to be wry about his own feelings and eschewed any dandified garb such as Jaq now sported.
47. 27 He was like a chameleon, she thought with wry admiration, able to adapt at will to any situation.
48. He has a wry sense of humour and an uncompromising disposition, particularly when it comes to talking about deeds of valour.
49. Awry is not a word in itself but a modification of the work wry, much like asleep is a modification of the word sleep
50. Wry means "twisted"—so going Awry means getting "twisted up." Awry is similar to askew, which means "off, out of line," though when you compare the roots skew "turned at an angle" and wry "twisted" you see the subtle difference between the two words.