Example sentences for: smiley

How can you use “smiley” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Book -- The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton , by Jane Smiley;

  • Stress (evident in terms like prowler, skulker, lurker , as well as Trojan horse, worm, vulture, leech ) is soothed with (or disguised by) a variety of linguistic palliatives: generous helpings from pop culture ( cookie monster, Kermit ) and science fiction ( cyberpunk, core wars, cosmic rays, emoticon ); chummy diminutives ( archie, newbie, smiley ); and jingly rhymes ( snail mail ).

  • At every point, Smiley upsets the usual expectations.

  • "There's no way to put a smiley face on it."

  • At which point, it becomes obvious that Smiley isn't writing a traditional "social novel" at all.


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