How to Use squint in a Sentence

squint

1 of 2 verb
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  • She had to squint to read the small print.
  • He squinted through the haze of smoke.
  • I had to squint my eyes to focus on the tiny letters.
  • I noticed that he squints.
  • Peer through the fence and squint: The artists on wheels are at work, just doing the damn thing.
    — Ian F. Blair, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The first sign of the eyes’ becoming teeth is the squinting at phones.
    — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Well get ready to wet your whistle and squint your eyes.
    — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Lupe squinted at the sun and then took the envelope and stared down at the ground.
    — Francisco Cantú, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018
  • While Preece darts around the track during his fourth time out at 12:59 p.m., Smith squints.
    — Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
  • Puig squinted through the sunlight to find the baseball.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Meanwhile, along the wood line, the snipers lay on the ground, squinting through scopes at the action inside the bank.
    — Aaron Gell, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Piper crossed his living room and squinted through the peep-hole on his front door.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Key was aboard a ship in the harbor and squinted through smoke to see who had won, as the sun began to break.
    — Christina Ruffini, CBS News, 4 July 2023
  • The grownups squinted in confusion, while the children whipped their hands through the air.
    — Sophia Hollander, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • One doesn't have to squint hard to see how KU's offense could succeed, though.
    — Jesse Newell, kansascity, 25 Mar. 2018
  • While the rest of them wait their turn at the buffet, her mother stands by the windows, squinting out at the view.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The squinting eyes, the jut of the chin, the precise tessellation of the lower lip and upper lip stay the same.
    — Wired, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Walters, who is still squinting out of the injured eye, told the TV station.
    — Jared Gilmour, sacbee, 2 Mar. 2018
  • But on Saturday, there was no need for Leary or his boys to crane their necks or squint their eyes.
    — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 22 June 2019
  • This year, the schedules were on matte paper and print was small enough to prompt squinting.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The sun’s last rays lingered on tables where customers squinted at the light.
    — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • Your eyes squint at the volume of light inside—there’s a vast glass and iron ceiling, plus huge doorways.
    — Gemma Askham, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2018
  • John nods meaningfully at Kadir, who slumps against a car and squints at the horizon.
    — Alex Perry, Newsweek, 10 June 2015
  • With these particular photos, Mann squints to see the men on the other side.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
  • Then Smith will squint into the second deck of Chase Field, looking for his mother.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 6 May 2018
  • All over the world, people squinted at the messages delivered to their homes.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • The cubs squirm and growl, tumbling over one another, squinting in the sunlight, batting the air with tiny claws.
    — Rj Sangosti, The Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2017
  • On the phone, her parents were squinting in sunshine, from what looked to be a very nice vacation in San Diego.
    — Christine Smallwood, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
  • There’s still enough light outside to make everyone look nice and bright, but no glaring sun to squint at.
    — Fox News, 26 July 2023
  • They can no more be discovered with pure thought than Jupiter’s moons can be discerned by squinting.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
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squint

2 of 2 noun
  • Her gaze narrowed into a squint.
  • A squint, a slight shake of the head, a tight little smile, and the deal is made.
    — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • This is where the ability to squint starts to come in handy.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 May 2022
  • The sun forced her eye into a squint and lit up her short red hair.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Ba didn’t heed the mess while living and in death his mean squint goes right past it.
    — Longreads, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Ba didn’t heed the mess while living and in death his mean squint goes right past it.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • So much can be said with a look or a squint in a way that is pretty new for videogames, even for us.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 June 2020
  • While the brush air might be welcoming, the sun beaming in your face can cause your eyes to squint.
    — Erika Hardison, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
  • But squint and make the hard lines blur, this girl looks like a model from a magazine.
    — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
  • Why squint at a tiny phone when a PC and its large display could be used instead?
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The resemblance — from the squint to the lopsided smile — is striking.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Herbie Carter joined us, a lean man with a sly grin, sunburned squint and twinkling eyes.
    — Howard Fishman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The left arm rose slowly, the mouth half-open, the eyelids flickering into a squint.
    — Nick Glass, CNN, 12 May 2017
  • Not to mention, no one wants squint-eye and forehead wrinkles.
    — oregonlive.com, 10 June 2019
  • But with a second look and squint, the air is wavy above the cracks in the hill and the smell of gas is unmistakable as one approaches.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Regulars squint in the sunlight to see who’s strolling in for a morning, lunchtime or afternoon beer at one of the best dive bars in Texas.
    — Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Posing on the red carpet, Lizzo held up a teeny-tiny bag that required a soft squint to grasp what was in her hand.
    — Nandi Howard, Essence, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Suns guard Landry Shamet actually mimicked Williams’ squint with a smile when told what Paul said about their coach.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Tears are shed, stories of guns and poverty are shared, and Chance the Rapper’s squint is not good news for aspiring rappers.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Even a light squint will transform this vehicle into a Mazda or a Buick.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2021
  • He's got the ex-con beard and hoodie and thousand-yard squint and is a bit of a mystery, although that might be giving him a little too much credit.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Tourists bunch up on the corner of 72nd Street and squint at the building’s German Renaissance flourishes.
    — David Gambacorta, Longreads, 25 June 2019
  • When the sound came that meant a buddy had appeared online, Guin grabbed for my computer, roughly pressing the screen way back to squint at it.
    — Kathleen Alcott, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
  • So each day and night, students gather outside, trickling into the different clusters with a wave or a squint of the eyes that hints at a masked smile.
    — USA Today, 9 Sep. 2020
  • My mom has been blind in one eye, a result of an untreated squint, for many years and has had a severe Astigmatism in the other eye since she was born.
    — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • In other circumstances, people might view that type of playlist combo with a head-scratching squint.
    — Rick Suter, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Most days, the tropical sun bounces off the coral and sand, refracting into a hard light that gives many islanders a permanent squint.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
  • When Phillips disconnected the call and made adjustments to queue up the next few songs, the man studied a framed photo that sat on the desk, offered a squint of recognition and looked up.
    — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Others are worthy of a squint and head shake — employees could conceivably take the day to get vaccinated while pulling in a cool $35 an hour.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 6 Mar. 2021
  • In these spare road ballads and cowgirl waltzes, Williamson reads Raymond Carver aloud by a pool bar, drinks with boys who worship Townes, and squints at an ex whose new girlfriends just keep getting younger.
    — Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2023

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