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  • As you can see in the photo they're kind of smirking a bit 'cause I snapped their picture with my phonecam. Archive 2008-04-01
  • The man played idly with a deck of cards, shuffling and re-shuffling with a bit of a smirk on his face.
  • This certitude explains to this bigot why he has such a self-satisfied smirk in his photo.
  • Mike smirked, taking a seat in the recliner and immediately putting his feet up.
  • Another rematch is KY-3 (Louisville), in which Proud Liberal John Yarmuth is up double-digits over Smirky-fellator Anne Northup, whom he upset in 2006. Polls: Dems Could Sweep House Rematches
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  • I see that a number of the Ministers opposite me are now smiling and smirking.
  • Sir Robert Smirke in 1807 put up work which consisted chiefly of panelling, which was affixed to the easternmost wall of the feretory. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
  • John smirked knowingly as his compatriots gasped in unison.
  • I believe what you are calling a smirk is where his teleprompter is telling him to "SMILE" -- that's so we, and he, know that he told us a joke, and also to dispel that nasty rumor going around about his bad temper. McCain Jokes About Obama's Overseas Trip And Press Coverage
  • He imagined his mother's wrathful face and the smirk in the eyes of the maid. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
  • The familiar smirk was gone, replaced by a serious, solemn look that she had never seen before.
  • Adam smirked, a dark strand of hair falling into his eyes.
  • And I'm doing it with a smirk on my face. Times, Sunday Times
  • Within 20 seconds the smirk was wiped clean off my red, sweaty face. Times, Sunday Times
  • I would relish the opportunity, as I placed my cross on the ballot paper, to think of wiping the permanently smug, self-satisfied smirk from his arrogant, squirrel-cheeked, toffee-nosed features.
  • In their urge to smirk and wink, they make it impossible for the profundity of any work in the show to shine through. Times, Sunday Times
  • Bush found a way to piss me off even in a charitable moment by the smirky way he said “Just send your cash”. Think Progress » Bush repudiates criticisms that Obama is ‘politicizing’ Haiti: ‘I don’t know what they’re talking about.’
  • As we left the restaurant the bearer looked at the man in pyjamas and at me and smirked.
  • Tye caught Freyen's arm in a tight grip and smirked.
  • The same smirking, self-delighted narcissist will remain beamingly oblivious to how much we, Democrats everywhere, and informed men and women of good will around the globe loathe him and the ground he walks on. Election Central Morning Roundup
  • With a smirk, he ran away before I could chuck a flaming briquette at him.
  • Something resembling a smirk flits across her face and the air grows heavy with his discomfort. Times, Sunday Times
  • A horrendous smirk of a smile polluted Jen's bruised face as her fingers sharpened into pointed razor claws.
  • Ricochet returns to his earlier “Please give me a punchinnaface” narration, smirkily saying that sometimes life is like a different kind of movie… The Loners #2 (of 6) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
  • There was a man standing near the bar smirking at me in a suggestive way. The Sun
  • Turning to Dimitri, her once stoic expression was shattered as a brief smirk lightened her face.
  • Please, young women, smile or simper or smirk or grin, glower or glare, or just mope about if you like, but for the love of God, please put away the duck face.
  • The customary smirk returned to Trey's lips and he about-faced, coming closer to the nervous young man.
  • It started with a smirk, then a giggle, then a full out laugh.
  • Rachel hid her amused smirk behind her mug, immediately regretting the leaving of her fan in the carriage.
  • I can just see the smirk on McCain's face as redware Challenging John McCain - Erick’s blog - RedState
  • With one tight slap, Brenda made short work of my smirk, causing the foxes to snicker and bray among themselves.
  • She was a rather cunning and sly teenager by nature, accented by her narrow brown eyes and usual smirk.
  • Soon afterwards he was seen in public for the first time since 1963, a slight smirk on his face. Times, Sunday Times
  • Clad in red, yellow, and green motley, he smirks at us through his fingers in the traditional gesture of one who ‘looks the other way’ in the face of wrongdoing.
  • It was his fatuous, smirky tone and insubstantial jibes.
  • It became chic to dress in black leather, gold hoop earrings, a vampish hand of black eyeliner, to pose with one hand on hip, the other against a graffiti-raped wall, that incredibly over-dramatic smirk that said Am I fuckable or what? Cat People #9: Tales of Manhattan
  • His Batman rasps his lines in a voice that's deeper and hammier than ever, and when Bruce Wayne has to pretend to be a mindlessly hedonistic playboy, his smirk carries a trace of Dubya entitlement. Undefined
  • Brian Cardinal might give you a bloody nose or break your kneecaps (and then smirkily argue with the refs) but you'll probably still score in the process. City Pages - Balls! Sports Blog
  • Much has been written about the lecherousness of his smirks, but such provocativeness on his part definitely began in a presexual period.
  • Who wasn't longing for the unasked question; ‘How 'bout I walk across the room and wipe that smirk of your face?’
  • The absence of confident sneers, knowing smirks and sceptical raised eyebrows also makes an enormous difference.
  • Sarah smiled and wrinkled her nose with a smirk on her face.
  • I just can never, ever take this Dreamworks stuff seriously as long as that smirk is front and center, in my face. How to Train Your Dragon: “Dragon Training” Featurettes | /Film
  • She smirked and then looked up at me with an expression that bordered on concern and friendliness. Heart Song
  • With a smirk, he had given her a bottle of solution, and had, in public, forced her to douche herself with it.
  • When I did no more than dumbly blink back he straightened and gave me a rather speculative look before finally breaking into a slow smirk.
  • The latter smirked, then renewed the fight in earnest.
  • Today, Liberace's name elicits smirks from many of those who recall the kitschy pianist from TV shows of their youth. Can Liberace's Legacy Stay in Vegas?
  • He ambled towards us smirking, tapping a packet of air-mail envelopes on his palm.
  • A dreadful film, but it'll send you to bed with a smirk on your face. The Sun
  • Now there was a pair – the first a diplomat sharing American good will overseas by hurling in the lap of the Japanese premier, the second destroying our image, incapable of speaking in extended sentences – he of the smirky grin, and lying to chase oil in the Middle East and to restore his Daddy's besmirked reputation. GOP senator warns of 'minor revolution' over health care
  • I just can't stand the man's style, the way he swaggers and struts and smirks and the way he looks sly and deceitful and the way Americans can't see it.
  • Our more skeptical age is apt to greet a performance like this with a smirk, as just more fussy Victorian moralism.
  • Not that he seemed to mind, judging by the smirk on his face. The Sun
  • She twirled a strand of her long hair and smirked at my disheveled appearance.
  • The channel is to news what reality TV is to reality: its calculated subverter, its smirking betrayer.
  • Even the power smirk, which we haven't seen much of since he was - unfairly - blamed for single-handedly jeopardising Labour's election chances with his mingy Budget, is back.
  • ‘Sorry to hurt your feelings,’ he shot back with an ingratiating smirk.
  • Because Kobe is Kobe, however, he cannot (or will not) soften his edge, the way Jordan did with his buddy-buddy NBA friendships, his who - would - have - thunk smirk or his endorsa - riffic smile.
  • Dusting her hands, her lips primmed into a satisfied smirk, she marched back to her desk. Hot For Him
  • Jacks smirked a bit, scooting over on the bed.
  • He smirked, ‘It's time for you to wake up now - sorry about the crick in your neck.’
  • Andrew was led to his place in front of Mr. Davies by Uncle Thomas (who was wearing what could only be described as a smirk) when suddenly, Marina lost her smile, and stared - The Gates Of Sleep
  • Every time he refers to you as ‘Mr. Zwinge’ I cannot help but picture him with a wry smirk on his face, as if he's put you in your place.
  • His smirk turned into a smile, for the briefest of fleeting moments, before he rose from the table, and walked away.
  • He glanced over at him and smirked as he toyed with the tanto, the smallest of the set of Japanese blades.
  • The boy smirked and reached out his palm, which was slapped extremely hard by the rest of his gang.
  • David smirked openly until his grandmother's back was turned, when his father hit him upside his head.
  • But it has taken just two months to wipe the smirk off his face. The Sun
  • She looked up at him, seeing as he was a fair amount taller than her, and smirked a bit.
  • Some will smirk at such lofty aspirations, calling them silly, if not impossible.
  • While her face crinkles into a laboured smirk, her sad eyes say more than words ever could.
  • She smirked at the intriguing fruitlessness of it all and recalled what a lumberingly absurd dream life had been.
  • *smirk* - my word verification is ojmpyy. which sounds like "oh jumpy". which is smirkable when you know that in scotland, a jumpy is a shag The Ugly Truth
  • It's not a smirk or a simper or even a smile - it's a full-on grin.
  • Yet his rival could barely smirk because he knows the mess he could inherit. The Sun
  • Reaching for his brother's wrist, he quickly checked the energy read-outs, then sat back on his heels with a smirk.
  • Leya nodded absently, staring at the photographs, her lips quirking into a smirk.
  • He stands there, as he usually does, with his doltish smirk lighting up his face, until he sees someone he knows, at which time he goes over, pokes them a couple of times with an obscene nickname, snickers and runs off to hide in the brush. Think Progress » Ingraham: Americans Are Saying ‘Maybe That Bush Guy Wasn’t Quite As Bad As We Thought’
  • Kevin and Max smirked and grinned in triumph at each other.
  • Regan attempted a smirk, but had to settle for a grimace when the effort made his face flare in pain again.
  • Tal approached him, smirking nastily and patted him on the shoulder; Shane was shaking with uncontainable rage.
  • Abby smirked at them, to which Kate just reddened slightly.
  • The notion seems to be that the mere look, the urbanity, the smirking of blue staters appalls the skittish people of the heartland.
  • Joan smirked as she paced herself during her morning jog.
  • Rob, who graduated 117th in his class at medical school, is an in-house sawbones with a penthouse suite, a gambling habit, and an insufferable smirk.
  • She tossed her full long blond hair over her shoulder, her red lips curving into a smirk.
  • The entire time, she was smirking and the class was snickering.
  • Carrey savours every flowery speech and villainous smirk in a performance that is more disciplined than one might have imagined.
  • {80} The Mendip Miners are observed by Mr. Smirke to determine the intervening distance of their pits by a throw of "the hache" two ways, the miner standing up to the girdle in the mine groof. Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean
  • Since our "prolife" president (you know, the one that gets smirkily gleeful over executions) took office, the number of abortions has increased every year as families fall apart under his anti-family and anti-middle class economic policies. Christian Right Leaders Agree: If Rudy Is Nominated, We Might Go Third-Party
  • Not that he seemed to mind, judging by the smirk on his face. The Sun
  • Kage continued to hold me there, I could almost picture his triumphant smirk.
  • I don’t care what people watch and what they get into, my main gripe is I get this feeling that there are some smelly men in suits somewhere smirking at what they can get away with on TV, and counting themselves as avant guard and artistic. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - This is what I hate about HBO.
  • England's gifted, energetic Kenneth Branagh plays that bureaucrat to smirking, pasty-faced perfection.
  • When I looked up at his face he had that smirk, that's when I knew he was fixing to do something crazy.
  • In Art History, our teacher superimposed as self-portrait of DaVinci over an image of the Mona Lisa, saying that one theory claims that the mysterious Mona Lisa smirk is simply DaVinci’s secret that he painted himself as a woman. Think Progress » Murtha on Iraq: ‘There’s Not Only No Progress, It’s Worse Than It Was Prewar’
  • Soon afterwards he was seen in public for the first time since 1963, a slight smirk on his face. Times, Sunday Times
  • The two new buddies smirked and clinked their beer bottles as an odd sort of toast.
  • Take that smirk off your face. The Sun
  • As the verdicts were read by the jury foreman some of the defendants smiled, smirked and even giggled.
  • You can order the cheapest rotgut in the house and the bartender will not smirk at you, he'll probably think you're tough.
  • Smirke took a rectangular block and added a hint of classical detailing, such as columns and window mouldings.
  • I used to work with an Express columnist - her face rather toothily smirks out at you each weekday.
  • He paused before continuing, and smirked, pointing at Amara.
  • She was dancing with her husband -- a pitiful spectacle, for the lawyer must be pushed through the dance as he were a doll, with monstrous ungracefulness, and no sense of the time of the music, his thin legs quarrelling with each other, his neighbours all confused by his inexpert gyrations, and yet himself with a smirk of satisfaction on his sweating countenance. Doom Castle
  • They'll use it to create jobs, he says with that self-satisfied smirk of his.
  • He grinned, and one of those male, self-satisfied smirks slid onto his face.
  • Take that smirk off your face. The Sun
  • Lisa has a certain impishness to her character that explains the smirks quite sufficiently on its own.
  • They were drinking my booze, stealing my ladies and just kind of smirking.
  • The simple pleasure of walking up to the net with an apologetic smirk on her face is the breath of life to her. Times, Sunday Times
  • Within 20 seconds the smirk was wiped clean off my red, sweaty face. Times, Sunday Times
  • He had his annoying smirk back in place and she itched to slap him.
  • I dreaded seeing his smirking face again. The Sun
  • He had a smirk on his face. Times, Sunday Times
  • By Friday, the hyper-crony was seated on the Woolsack, smirking like a small boy who had been allowed to drive his father's car.
  • Something resembling a smirk flits across her face and the air grows heavy with his discomfort. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sly smirk returning, she countered readily, ‘It would be a pleasure, Serpent.’
  • She tried to keep a triumphant smirk off her face when Petyr looked away.
  • He directed a narrow, jaundiced eye at the lead counsel for the defense, who smirked back at him from his table.
  • He smirked joyously, savouring every moment of my suffering.
  • You forgot to mention the gratuitous soaking the smirking staff know will hit some tables when the sea is angry. Times, Sunday Times
  • Black and I took our seats across from our precious fiancés (once again, sense the sarcasm) and saw them smirking at us, identical looks on their faces.
  • Some spoilsport reviewers have referred to the lyrics as smug and smirking; I prefer to view them as wry and whimsical.
  • writer's block round& round this empty block again& again i go double, triple lost each awful keystroke a doppelganger sabotage twice meeting itself this nauseous elliptical process of so little unfolding consequence anticipation wearing too tight shoes cigarettes and coffee smirking in the background hemingway& faulkner offering whiskey still the unsolved crime: Writer’s block
  • He smirked joyously, savouring every moment of my suffering.
  • Maybe your husband does things that you don't know about, " he said with a smirk.
  • At the end of the bunkhall, behind the chipped and battered wooden desk, sat the bursar, piggish eyes fixed on the newcomer, a smirk affixed firmly on his wide visage. Archive 2010-02-01
  • Through the dry, chilling lines, he always seems one part bemused; you can almost hear a smirk in his voice, which is a deep, rich baritone, unbefitting of a 37-year-old who still half looks like a teenager.
  • Wipe that smirk off your face!
  • He shook himself out of his reverie to find Alicia staring at him and transformed his smirk back into a benevolent smile.
  • Their female companion guided him as Steve smirked with triumph in the background.
  • I too have reservations about the sentences in the case that is referred to although the 'smirking' is a reference to tabloid reports: some defendants show bravado, and some grin through the rictus effect of fear. Base Metal
  • How he held back that tell of tells, the smirk, is beyond me. Think Progress » More McCain Attacks: Murtha ‘Sentimental,’ ‘Never Been a Big Thinker’
  • All I could see was her smirk in my mind, the ever-present leer that had come to mean so much for me.
  • With a smirk, she stretches out her arm and with the flick of a finger, blows the creature back 4 feet.
  • The brazen response of some was to smirk, for beating the system-any system-was a legitimate aspiration.
  • I hated Mark and Sally---the way Mark blethered on inanely and the way Sally kept directing little smirks and comments at Art. READY?
  • I appreciate that and that was big of you to come in here and apologize" Michelle said as Maryse nodded and headed out with a smirk.
  • Jaon was looking smug, with his usual devil-may-care smirk plastered on his face.
  • One work deadline turned into three, I received an urgent message from Jacob's school to have a meeting about his smirky, end-of-fifth-grade-attitude towards a kid who was bugging the bits out of him, and while making school lunches that morning, I felt like I was in the tilt-a-whirl at Disneyworld. Karen Brody: Are You There, Sleep? It's Me, A Mom On The Edge
  • The last thing she remembered seeing was the smirking face of Kyle Stratford, and she knew without a shadow of a doubt that they had been set up.
  • The simple pleasure of walking up to the net with an apologetic smirk on her face is the breath of life to her. Times, Sunday Times
  • But it has taken just two months to wipe the smirk off his face. The Sun
  • She added: 'When he turned round he had a smirk on his face. The Sun
  • A beer and a cigarette from a smirking, toothless porter ease the immediate pain, while jibes from my travelling companions put my huffs and puffs into perspective.
  • I thought for a while I heard a snigger from somewhere nearby, but realising that sniggering is an ungentlemanly thing to do, coming higher than smirking on the List of Unpleasant Traits, I knew I must be mistaken.
  • My smirk widened into a vicious parody of an actual smile.
  • He tells jokes pretty well, though he could do with easing up on the old self-satisfied smirk after the punchline.
  • And then the proud and smirking Poet and Maker falls ten thousand feet into dubiety .
  • It's all so ... caffeinated, so ... smirky. Times, Sunday Times
  • Ana stood with the assistance of the bed, teetering unsteadily, smirk on her face, bottle in hand.
  • He looked at Simeon as the latter picked himself up and brushed himself down, shooting his enemy a triumphant smirk as he did so.
  • He smirked inwardly, the slightest twitch at the corner of his mouth the only outward sign of his amusement.
  • BTW Sam ... a 'smirk' is certainly in the eye of the beholder ... you obviously have a jaundiced eye! Clinton win leads to Obama boost
  • He smirked at what he had said and I snickered, standing up and stretching.
  • Every once in a while Spade is able to raise a few smirks with his off-the-cuff zingers, but because the plot feels so ‘sitcom-y’ and forced, all the laughs are diluted.
  • She fell in beside Walter, behind Bill, and smirked gently as she realized they were in a tight formation themselves.
  • For years they smirked at the boorishness of patriotism, until it occurred to them: Why scoff when you can hijack?
  • And still it sat there upon its inky throne surrounded by inky superstition, leering over him with an evil smirk and waiting - waiting with all the patience of an imp or demon.
  • He does, however, occasionally smirk, though he seems to be morphing that mannerism into a daffy eye-rolling gesture reminiscent of Jack Benny.
  • Erin smirked at him when she heard a familiar snicker coming from the throne.
  • She in turn can no longer stand what she calls ‘his supercilious smirk.’
  • Instead of apologising to the hurt pedestrian, the man continues walking and smirks.
  • He nodded faintly, his smirk the only outward sign of emotion.
  • Johnson smirked in a manner that's typical of a player who's cynical and distrustful of a new head coach.
  • Their sniggers and smirks would come to a halt when they would then discover that their hands were empty.
  • On closing the door she wondered if she had imagined the smirk on his face.
  • He tells jokes pretty well, though he could do with easing up on the old self-satisfied smirk after the punchline.
  • Soon afterwards he was seen in public for the first time since 1963, a slight smirk on his face. Times, Sunday Times
  • Smirking, ignorant W. with lipstick in reply to a comment from frustum Associated Press: Pet Owners Prefer McCain To "Petless" Obama
  • There was a real annoying smirk on his face and I wanted to wipe it off. The Sun
  • Compare smirk, sneer, frown, scowl and grimace.
  • I could practically hear the smirk coming through in his voice, which made me want to throw a birdfeeder at him. How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
  • It was simply the easiest way back, he insisted, ignoring Dace's knowing smirk. TREASON KEEP
  • ‘You were awesome,’ Guy told me, smirking as he uncorked the bottle of wine.
  • Once she had inhaled enough oxygen, Jynx peered up with bleary eyes only to find a pair of red eyes and a smirk staring down at her.
  • And I'm doing it with a smirk on my face. Times, Sunday Times
  • Somewhere through the course of their vapid conversation, she caught my eye and smirked knowingly.
  • I tilted my head and gave him a sideward smirk; well it was more of a confused lopsided grin.
  • Bracegirdle watched him with a smirk on his face, beginning to disrobe.
  • Instead of internationalism, we find among the Left now a sort of affectless, neutralist, smirking isolationism.
  • He caught up to her, his face eased into its usual expression, which was something between a smirk and a leer.
  • The intimidating look from Feror grew fiercer as he smirked with a devious smile.
  • Hi, Coll," he said, then he smirked at me, one eyebrow going all crinkly like James Bond or something. GO!
  • I feel his lips curve into a smirk against my cheek and a flare of anger ignites within me.
  • As it was radio for which he has a good face I couldn't tell whether he was blushing or smirking when he smugged wittily about the discl;osure of MPs second home allowances. Hugo 'Phonebox Spotter' Rifkind?
  • Kyle slammed his hands on the hood of the car and stood with a malicious, self-satisfied smirk across his face.
  • He smirked his lewd delight at the scene.
  • Mo couldn't contain herself any longer, and covered her smirk with a twist of gin and bitter lemon.
  • Yes, their bare chests bore signs of months of gym work, but they should not have attempted the trick without at least a smirk on their faces. Times, Sunday Times
  • I gave them a surreptitious wink and a salute and then turned back to the menu, a self - satisfied smirk on my face.
  • At the head of the parallel queue immediately to the right, the clerk's colleague smirks at me and I smirk back at her.
  • Yes, their bare chests bore signs of months of gym work, but they should not have attempted the trick without at least a smirk on their faces. Times, Sunday Times
  • Christopher snickered, just barely withholding it from the full laugh, and Paul smirked.
  • I could see the glitter in his eyes and the smirk that was about to come on any minute.
  • She looked up and smirked as her brother went clumping out of the room, his boots thudding loudly, deliberately.
  • Christy smirks, daring me to challenge her position.

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