[
UK
/smˈaɪlɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈsmaɪɫɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsmaɪɫɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
smiling with happiness or optimism
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
a room of smiling faces
a round red twinkly Santa Claus
NOUN
- a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
How To Use smiling In A Sentence
- As the male voice completed its speech, she slowly shifted herself around to face a gentleman of medium height who had a smiling, benign countenance on his careworn features.
- Veracruz City's Plaza de Armas or zócalo is alive with smiling people and food, chotchke and balloon vendors. There's a lot to see and do in Veracruz, Mexico
- A smooth-faced, moon-faced young man was smiling at her good-naturedly. Amateur Night
- Representing France, Jean-Marc Bustamante conjures a ‘Pavilion of the Amazons,’ which centers on four large color photographs of solitary, unsmiling young women standing in resolutely unpicturesque landscapes.
- Katherine found herself smiling happily as if the compliment were directed at her own home.
- `'Yes,'" Pitt said, smiling like a magician about to bedazzle an audience. INCA GOLD
- She hadn't seen Kenta much, but when she had in the last week he had been smiling nervously and in a strained manner.
- Caroline heard it she could not help smiling at the word magnanimity, which sounded to her rather too grand for the occasion. Tales and Novels — Volume 07
- He raised his visor as the smiling princess guerdoned him — raised it, and gave ONE sad look towards the Lady Fatima at her side! Novels by Eminent Hands
- It was indeed, the dirty brown hair was neatly combed and the coat was new and clean, he was smiling fit to burst as he entertained giggling ladies and laughing lords.
