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Example sentences for: smirk

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That doesn't usually get them a first-graph smirk, at least when there are important things at stake.
Concluding that the matter of Bush's smirk was too weighty to be left in the hands of nonscientists, Chatterbox e-mailed Paul Ekman, professor of psychology at the University of California at San Francisco.
But if the Birdwhistell theory explains (even in part) George W.'s smirk, it must perforce also explain (in part) the milder version worn by George Bush Sr.
Such things can often raise a chuckle from those who appreciate the incongruity of the item and those who smirk with smug superiority.
Today, Kennedy scholars and debunkers can share a collective smirk at Manchester's naiveté, confident that 35 years and 500 books (by the Kennedy Library's rough count) have taught us all a thing or two; that our understanding of JFK, like the Kennedy literature itself, is rich, complex, ever expanding.