How To Use Squinch In A Sentence
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But if spraddle is a term which has never completely gone out of style, squinch is downright popular.
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The children all squinched their eyes together tightly, forcing themselves to stay inert, struggling to focus on keeping their eyes shut.
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He larn ter toot lak a squinch-owl frum Marse Scoville en he tole me dat when he come agin he toot.
Miss Lou
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She squinched up her nose and gave him that oh-you're so-adorable look.
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But the candidate squinched up his face in concentration, as if racing through various programming alternatives.
In the Plex
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An 'then, them eyes jes' set up sech a outdacious winkin 'an' wallin ', an' squinchin ', ez I knowed he war makin' faces at me.
Down the Ravine
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'E bin scatter da' fier wide 'part, un' e do run un dife in da 'crik fer squinch da' fier 'pon' e bahk.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
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She squinches her forehead, trying to remember.
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‘It'll be hard to find other good female friends as good-looking as you,’ he said and Adia squinched her nose.
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So there was, of course, no other alternative than to hide away on a cot, squinched to the wall as far as I could go.
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She looked at him inquisitively, squinching her eyes, deciding against the kick.
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This is the seat of logic, analysis, verbal reasoning and the kinds of thoughts--Maybe I should just kind of squinch over a little more to the left--that you never imagine crossing Tiger Woods's mind.
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Bam provided a veritable encyclopaedia of such historic structural elements: varieties of sun-dried mud brick squinches and vaults, many with the inclined arched technique recently used by Hassan Fathy.
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Now ef you years me toot twice lak a squinch-owl, you knows dat you got ter go en tell Miss Lou dat
Miss Lou
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Now, Miss Lou," whispered Chunk, "I gwine ter wake Marse Scoville up by tootin 'lak a squinch-owl," and he did so briefly.
Miss Lou
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Her face was squinched up as she squinted and peered, trying to find me.
The House at Sugar Beach
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Marse Scoville didn't come back fum dat las 'fight, he say, en he say ter me dat ef he toot twiced lak a squinch-owl dat mean I go ter you, fer he need yo' he'p.
Miss Lou
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Even Oliver stumbled in, half asleep in his football pajamas, with his eyes squinched from the light my parents flicked on.
The Nature of Jade
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The transition to the dome is achieved with trilobed squinches at the corners, mirrored with trilobed blind arches above the side niches.
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The oval dome over the crossing is supported on squinches and shallow pendentives.
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She squinched her eyes shut at this new and uncomfortable feeling.
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Here was a funny squiggle rubbed to a dull brown, but if she squinched her eyes almost shut, it sort of resembled the sketch Geordie had given her to memorize.
Earl of Durkness
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She squinched her eyes shut, then opened them again.
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He looked at me without speaking, for what seemed like forever, then at a chair, which soon started rolling slowly towards me while Pete continued to stare at it, straining so hard it made creases like the Grand Canyon in his forehead and squinch wrinkles around his eyes.
Jay's Journal
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First started in the tomb of Iltutmish, the weight of the dome is transferred to the square base by the same mechanism - the squinch.
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You tootin 'lak a squinch-owl en kin kep comp'ny wid squinch-owls.
Miss Lou
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Water washed over her like a canopy as she squinched her eyes shut.
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Bob's round features squinched up as he chided, ‘You said a potty word.’
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He squinted for a better look, and the angel squinched up her blue eyes, too.
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He didn't seem to be too keen on the idea, however, and squinched up his tiny face whenever her hand drew near.
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He squinched his eyes shut, and opened them wide, then closed them, then opened them again.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 2: 16 pm tombaker says: this weekend, as crowds converge to observe Earth Day in DC and hundreds of other cities around the US and the world, the ‘baggers will get to see what real mainstream, grassroots activism looks like. my guess is they’ll spend the weekend with their eyes squinched shut and their fingers in their ears, shouting “lalalalalalalalalalalala” as loud as they can.
Think Progress » Gingrich: Tea Parties are ‘likely to end up as the militant wing of the Republican Party.’
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They experimented with devices for the reflection and refraction of light: mosaics were placed in carefully constructed squinches and pendentifs, in curved apses, in domes; even on flat surfaces, curved setting beds were employed.
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he drum of the dome, carried by the squinches, has a series of ceramic grilled windows which allow light to filter in from above.
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Cooper saw her squinch up her eyes, trying to make out who was standing outside her kitchen window.
CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 13: AND IT HARM NONE
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The next thing Charlie knew, his erstwhile guide, red bathrobe and all, was hunkered down, eyes squinched closed, feeling about frantically on the floor.
Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth
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I refuse to try on something like that,’ she squinched her eyes closed and made a cross with her fingers and giggled.
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The light caused Clara to squinch her eyelids tight.
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Small indigenous birds, such as titmice, chipmunks, pipits and squinches, are constantly seen in coveys or even bevies just now.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920
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Well, you have to squinch your eyes up to see them from 289, but it's two guys who are tied at 197 and no doubt will be in physical contact with each other Sunday night: Redskins linebacker London Fletcher and Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
If Brett Favre sits, London Fletcher and Peyton Manning will be Ironmen
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Crews, a sports psychologist who studies putting, has found that a key difference between amateurs and pros lies in the left hemisphere, the seat of logic, analysis, verbal reasoning and the kinds of thoughts -- Maybe I should just kind of squinch over a little more to the left -- that you never imagine crossing Tiger Woods's mind.
Periscope
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I've got a round yellow face and when I laugh my eyes squinch up like little apostrophes.
Turnstyle: Talking Sh*t about Sh*t My Students Write
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He squinched up his face in a look that left no doubt about his displeasure.
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She squinched her eyes tight so she wouldn't cry.
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‘You're looking forward to this?’ she squinched up her face.
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I opened my squinched eyes to find him watching me, as if to say, And why did you stop the scratching?
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
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squinched eyes
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Two structural devices that are the hallmark of Byzantine engineering made this feat possible: pendentives and squinches.