How To Use Squint In A Sentence

After squinting in an attempt to discern a couple of features to make the object recognizable, he began walking swiftly towards it.
The two antennas 'squinted' to view the same point on Earth. Space News From SpaceDaily.Com
The contrail went straight up, bisecting the Sun, forcing the crowd to squint and awkwardly block the Sun to see the contrail.
Fancy an heir that a father had seen born well-featured and fair, turning suddenly wry-nosed, club-footed, squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper-jawed, carrot-haired, from a pride become an aversion, -- my case was yet worse. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
There was a Malay steward behind each chair, and over in the corner, silent but missing nothing, the squint-faced Jingo; even he had exchanged his loin-cloth for a silver sarong, with hornbill feathers in his hair and decorating the shaft of his sumpitan* (* Blowpipe.) standing handy against the wall. Flashman's Lady

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I go as far as to hold it up against me and squint into a shiny reflective panel attached to a freezer cabinet. Times, Sunday Times
He squinted at the letter in his hand.
Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache. The Younger Set
I squinted into the darkness, barely distinguishing anything.
While you're slaving over the code, cramping your thumb on your trackball, and squinting your eyes at the pixels, remember what it is you are doing this for, and never ever forget.
Therefore I reasoned, the longer I left it before I started sewing, the longer it would be before I was squinting well into the night unpicking it.
I have had a _squint_, or _cross-eye_, since birth, and in less than one minute, and with VERY LITTLE PAIN, you have made my eyes perfectly straight and natural. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
Light slanted through the canopy of trees that sheltered the abandoned field, causing Qiara to shield her face, and squint her eyes up at the sun.
Although the child squints, it must not be called squint-eyed, but love-eyed, and even a wart must be thought to become it. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost
"I'm home!" I shout, stumbling over old Sylvia's gardening boots as I enter through the squint doorway.
If I kind of squinted and looked sideways, I could make out the white crow perphed on the battlements, looking down. Water Sleeps
Squint and you can see a female violinist sitting next to the concertmaster, in the new outfit the orchestra introduced for its -- very few -- woman players. And so it begins
Smiling, frowning, squinting and other habitual facial expressions cause these wrinkles to become more prominent.
Some babies are born with a squint or their eyes roll away from each other occasionally.
Eventually he started to talk with the bartender, a portly fellow with a large salt-and-pepper mustache and squinty eyes.
That's right, so you test one eye at a time and check what their vision is and also you check at the same time to see whether they have an obvious squint.
Squinting through nostalgia's rose-tinted eye, I see beautifully realised dungeons and ancient forests with evil monsters and talking walls and things.
A hot dry wind stirred up small whirlwinds of dust and sand, forcing her to squint.
Through watery eyes, she squinted to see who her assailant was.
With squint-eyed innocence and un-metered awkwardness, Stewart delivers an unexpected hit performance that would later land him additional appearances in commercials and voice-over roles.
While some tunes might suggest the hanging of the ten, others evoke sombrero-sporting mariachis and pompadoured teds, Martinis in the Boom-Boom Room or riding shotgun with Squinty Clint.
(It also brings back Eric Millegan as the original "squint" - ern, Zack Addy, in happier times.) Philly.com - Latest Videos
The fiche was a bit worn, but you can still make out the copy, if you’re in a squinting mood. 11 – February – 2009 – The Bleat.
I called on Cwasey, a shrimpy bespectacled boy with squinty eyes and a freshly shaved head. Dan Brown: The First Day of "The Great Expectations School" (Exclusive Book Excerpt)
October 27th, 2006 at 12: 39 am paris hiton is ugly skinny and useless her eyes are too squinty and those boobs are fake shes soo vain and whoever said she was beautiful must be blind now catherine zeta jones is beautiful liv tyler is beauyiful lots of actresses are beautiful mbut paris not much of a looker at all elliosh Says: David Letterman Interviews Paris Hilton
He looks at Natasha, who squints her eyes and pouts, then laughs, hands on hips.
Squinting at the sudden brightness, she hurried over to the watch tower and scaled the steep stairs.
The walls are etched with what appear to be silver murals of old Rome, although if you squint your eyes these runic designs could be haystacks in Iowa, or ice sculptures in old Quebec.
A quick squint at lunchtime allows residents of this upmarket pile to decide whether or not there is someone sufficiently interesting there to make the short walk down the Mound worthwhile.
The sun was shining straight in her eyes which made her squint.
Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel.
I squinted, waiting as my eyes readjusted to the dim light.
He squinted, peering at it and trying to make out the figures.
I pushed the covers away from my face, slowly, squinting into the light.
The sun was shining straight in her eyes which made her squint.
Her eyes squint and her lips pulse making her laugh even more lovely to hear.
Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel.
The white sun cast shadows from the casaran trees to the west onto the shoulder of the road, but was high enough that Mykel did not have to squint when he looked westward. Alector's Choice
If you squinted hard enough, they became streaks of red and green fire, a condition known as the preadolescent Doppler effect. The Metrognome and Other Stories
He pauses, squinting down at the camera's screen and jabbing various buttons. Times, Sunday Times
The man's hooded eyes stared back, unblinking, into his own squinting, gaze.
When he took up the zinnias to place them in the bouquet, he held his head to one side the way I had and squinted, then stuck one zinnia where I had wanted it and the other around in back. Miz Pat Tackles The Duckling Killer « A Fly in Amber
I squinted in the darkness, bardy able to pick him out against the foliage in his tigerstripes and camouflage war paint. Rogue Warrior
His tiny eyes were slitted, as he squinted at Adam in the dark.
The squints, or hagioscopes, were originally angled but were unfortunately straightened by the Victorians.
Her eyes squinted madly, trying to make out the manner of the commotion around them.
He's always squinting at my female secretary as we talked about our business.
I heard a humming and the dozen fluorescent lights started to flicker on and I blinked, squinting at the bright light.
He squinted for a better look, and the angel squinched up her blue eyes, too.
Ivya grew closer and closer, squinting her eyes to make out the figure.
If I squint I can just make out a bejewelled monk on a throne.
The luminous light shone into his retinas and he squinted slightly.
He was gazing at me through squinting grey eyes, rather than deep brown orbs.
He squinted and turned the pad of cloud notebook paper over, trying to read her handwriting.
My daughter was born 31 years ago, like many children, with a divergent squint.
Grizzled veterans will squint into the sun, look you up and down, and warn that it is definitely not a race for snivellers.
He hadn't noticed how close his face was to the soft paper as he squinted his eyes to read the scripted writing.
Arlack possessed a most splendid squint with both eyes, so that it was often observed he would make a capital cook, as he could always keep one eye on the pot while he surveyed the intricacies of the chimney with the other; and, to complete the catalogue of his complexional recommendations, his face was absolutely furrowed, seamed and gashed until it had nearly lost a human shape by the pitiless assaults of the smallpox. Ralph Rashleigh
He stands there, squinting his eyes and pursing his lips, going on and on with such blatant lies.
He built a fort on Pigeon Island on which he perched his telescope; through which he squinted, discovering to unabated delight that his old French foe, Admiral De Grasse, was becalmed along with his naval fleet.
When Galactica hits Dolly Parton's high notes, her squinting eyes reflect the challenge, and the scatted breakdown of "Bye Bye Blackbird" by Rachelle Ferrell has the diva in a bent posture, shaking her clenched fists. Galactica performance perfectly in sync in Fringe Festival's 'Irrelevant Acts'
The dying embers of the fire flickered and he squinted to get a feel of his surroundings.
We hurried out into the roasting midday sun, squinting through the haze at the stand-off on the next hilltop.
My eyes squinted up in pain and I briefly entertained the idea of spitting the food out and screaming loudly.
Squinting, he read: ` DMV Cormorant, NE 78781. "Somebody's name, a place, a thing? CORMORANT
Yawning, he lifted his arm and squinted at the luminescent numbers of his watch. CORMORANT
The visor of each blast helmet in the pod darkened accommodatingly within three milliseconds to avoid temporary blindness, but each member of the strike team squinted reflexively.
Rachael suffered severe damage to her right eye and has restricted vision… She has twice had surgery to correct the squint.
A heavier-than-average baby at nine pounds something with a messy crop of soot-black hair, squinty eyes and dimples in all the right places.
Clearly, he’s not comingout smelling like a rose, as the new intern one of a slew of newbies the showplans to shuffle in to replace Millegan’s murderous squint Zack Addy makesa point of noting every chance she gets. Comic-Con: 'Bones' panel gets messy | EW.com
Kalvin squinted his eyes at him, reasoning out what he said and finally had to agree.
The children squinted so as to scare each other
Stoic and economical in his movements, expressing emotional pain through tight-lipped grimaces and squinty eyes, Mortenson is the perfect cowboy hero.
He squinted, but her face was obscured, either by the haze or by the mist welling up in his own eyes.
The light made her squint and cower back, like some animal that had dwelled in caves for all time.
Chief Investigator Ilya Nikitin, his thin hair combed wet straight back over his round head, squinted orientally through the smoke of the cigarette clamped between his teeth. Gorky Park
I squinted over the lump swelling on my cheekbone and plopped back on my bar stool. Mercy Kill
He squinted with pain as the searing heat passed by.
Kenta squinted, trying to read it, but could not decipher the scrawl.
It was a nice face, with squinty eyes, graying brown hair, wrinkles, and a little, absent smile.
Children with lazy eye may squint, look cross-eyed, or tilt their head to see things.
Dean awoke, squinting to the unaccustomed light.
Deciding this act to be futile, he took a longer glance, squinting beady eyes in the dark, and gestured his yellow thumb in the direction of the door.
I never malingered when pulling on a rope, for I knew the eagle eyes of my forecastle mates were squinting for just such evidences of my inferiority. THAT DEAD MEN RISE UP NEVER
The other 50 squinted through gunsights and night goggles, seeing the night as black or green.
He had a round, red, sun-seared face that he screwed up in a perpetual squint, as if blinded by his own blondness. Day of Honey
A silhouette resolved itself as he squinted into the afternoon sun.
Dexter shuffled the papers in his lap, squinting through the reading glasses that he'd been promising to upgrade for three months.
Tori squinted in that direction, and the smudge she saw on the horizon she knew was Bequia.
I squint up at the buff man dressed completely in camouflage and raise an eyebrow.
We reached her mystery lunchmeat, and we squinted to see what it was.
The young man is to the left of the shot, squinting in the strong sunlight, his long face caught against an azure sky.
Squinting, I finally made out a geodesic structure built from the very materials of the woods.
Sliding the door open, she winced at the bright light, squinting.
Anna squinted in the sudden bright sunlight.
All before you ... that you could only squint with your eyes to try to catch a glimpse of ... will be there ... as clear as day!
Outside on the bank, he squinted up the flagpole and hoisted the RNLI ensign. THE MAIN CAGES
Your eyes squint at the light, which has directed all its brightness straight at you out of pure spite. Christianity Today
This is just about bearable in a cookbook, but when you are squinting at the telephone screen it becomes tedious. Times, Sunday Times
Leno, a social media skeptic, finally turned to me with squinted eyes and said in a conspiratorial tone, "Are you tweeting right now? First lady's first tweet
Lionel squinted, seeing that the soles of her feet were filthy. MIDDLE AGE: A ROMANCE
His squinting at the bloodstone crinkled the red dragon tattooed into his forehead. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE
This is just about bearable in a cookbook, but when you are squinting at the telephone screen it becomes tedious. Times, Sunday Times
Squinting through the dusk, he saw the peasants were a sturdy, fair-complexioned folk, bearded and long-haired, clad in rough wadmal coats and cross-gaitered pants. Three Hearts and Three Lions
Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel.
But mostly change is subtle, almost delicate, and it is viewed most clearly not from the stand or drawing room but with a squint-eyed look from across the net.
He was squinting his eyes that were filled with tears now.
I fancied that she imagined her wedding to the squinty-eyed, dumpy man sitting beside her.
Just then, the sun broke past the tree line; Lizzie and Jake squinted into the sudden light.
As for looks, I think he has beady little squinty eyes which are only enhanced by his huge conk.
I found her curled up under the basement stairwell, squinting in the dim light at the pages of a book.
She and Cameron, arms around each other, facing the camera and squinting into the sunlight.
Squinting against the array of floodlights lighting up the dooryard like high noon, Maddy swung the truck in a wide circle, stopped it right beside the porch steps, and shut off the engine. Dragon Warrior
Around the moon was a huge corona - a vast circle of light surrounded it - like a massive, pale-blue version of the effect that you get when you squint at a street light.
She frowned and squinted when she spied a figure galloping across the lush, green hills.
“Yes, our parties were the best,” he sniffed, squinting down his pendulous nose. Day of Honey
By squinting hard I could make out the strange line of vapour which stretched across the sky, a little more ragged now. Anti-Ice
The curtains in Gibbs' room are half open; she is squinting as though the light stings her eyes.
This latter had necessitated the payment of numerous dollars, to say nothing of a demonstration in force -- Dick Humphries squinting along the sights of a Winchester while Tommy apportioned their wages among them at his own appraisement. SIWASH
The dog Eli showed her was an ugly thing with wiry brindled hair and a squint. The Bread of Ruth’s Unhappiness « A Fly in Amber
I honestly found myself doing a bit of a squint. Times, Sunday Times
He squinted at the letter in his hand.
As we talked, Larry leaned on a cedar fence post, squinting in the noonday sun, and pointed out landmarks on the Bush ranch, three quarters of a mile away.
But you'll still have to squint hard to tell this new car from the original. Times, Sunday Times
I know God is wise in all; wonderful in what we conceive, but far more in what we comprehend not: for we behold him but asquint, upon reflex or shadow; our understanding is dimmer than Religio Medici
He held the negative up to the springtime sun and "squinted" at the image on the film / negative. RightWingBob.com
A much younger, much chubbier Ethan stood awkwardly in front of the Grand Canyon, surrounded by his family, everyone squinting into the sun. Choker
I thought you were laughing at my squint eyes and pronounced limp.
I remember the figure of Abu Bakir, burnouse flapping, holding his phone aloft in salute and squinting into the sun. Tea in the Sahara: a road trip through the Libyan desert
Common eye problems including short-sightedness and a squint.
But he still squinted out at the world from force of habit, and it made him seem distrustful and wary and hostile, looking for trouble. MAN AND WIFE
The difficult spot, which the Dutch settlers called a squint path, was passed, and the waggon gained the top of the height, when at some distance a broad river was seen flowing to the southward. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand
You squint a little at the sickly yellow light of a roadside diner, and rub your fingers against each other, thinking you can feel menu grease on them.
Stop squinting at the screen - put your glasses on.
I would place one delicate finger on the page, and look up, squinting slightly through my bitching glasses at the source of the noise.
He smiles and his eyes get all squinty. ‘You're gonna be a looker someday, I can tell.
She was still there, where she'd stopped, peering around, squinting to see in the near darkness.
The many foresters in the group moved slowly as well, squinting up at the crowns of the trees, feeling bark and leaves and identifying the many species we walked among.
Dr Mann didn't deign to interrupt his eating, but Jake shot me a second piercing squint. THE DICE MAN
Lucia had stepped out to the front steps of the school, squinting her eyes and scanning the area, obviously looking for me.
Four marines emerged on deck with a swarthy looking, squint-eyed pirate, his arms and legs in irons.
Squint your eyes and see the landscape as a series of shapes, lights and darks, as opposed to seeing every detail.
Kino lay back against the wall of the cave, squinting, rubbing and focusing his eyes to get the blind spots out.
I honestly found myself doing a bit of a squint. Times, Sunday Times
As she reached over to take my tray, she frowned then squinted at a glinting object in the seat in front of me.
He rolled over on his belly and squinted at Mo, who was making little running darts at his hair.
Massaging his wrists, he squinted through nets of rising heat at the oasis, still more than a mile away, and could not help but think how vastly different these bare, harsh, god-connecting surroundings were from the scene off the coast of Turkey, where he had yachted and sipped Dom PÃ©rignon only three weeks prior. Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield
Closer inspection reveals not only the wrinkles around his squinted eyes, but also a suggestion of dark circles under them.
The others were ready to go, standing slowly and squinting against the intense light.
Some babies are born with a squint or their eyes roll away from each other occasionally.
One carried a TV set, and both squinted like feral animals, wild-eyed and bristly-bearded and sunburned, as they walked toward the Jeep.
The anti-rationing side is smoothly going along; and now the pro-rationing side is doing its best to turn a collection of union bullyboys, professional agitators, paid rent-a-crowds, and a thin shell of hardcore Democratic enthusiasts into something that looks like an actual grassroots movement, at least when you squint. ‘Health care is important, of course. Now watch this drive.’ - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
On radio I have him as short, hairy and bespectacled after all those years spent in dark rooms squinting at a screen. Times, Sunday Times
But squint a bit - and maybe there is something in it. Times, Sunday Times
He squinted and brought his face forward, straining his neck, trying to make out the dim form that was only a foot from him.
He squinted down the length of the blade at the sink, feeling the power within the sword tingle against his palm. Searching for dragons
Isabelle squinted her eyes, opened them wide, tilted her head left, then right, as she watched Grete walk out to the front yard to check on a patch of silverweed she was cultivating by the woodpile. Falling In
Traditional matte portrayal was unequivocally loose; we once carefully thought about the single of Pete Ellenshaws mattes as well as was stunned by how lax as well as sketchy it was, yet when we stood behind as well as squinted it suddenly popped with realism. Famous Monsters Modern Mages: Harry Walton
Measuring only about 5 inches by 4 inches, with no points of reference, the photos don't just force you to squint but invite you to contemplate the smoky striations and intricate veining of the images. Trained Toward the Heavens
If the condition is caused by another problem such as a squint or a cataract, surgery may be needed.
Of course you know a squint may be induced or cured by surgery?
Shaking his head and squinting through the cracked windshield, his voice rose.
Jade rolled over, tangling her legs further in the bedclothes, and squinted at the sunlight coming in through a crack in one of the curtains.
he looked with squinty eyes
He smiled again, squinting and tossing his head left and right in short, jabbing motions. The Will
Selina squinted her eyes before peering upward into the sun.
The woman smiles, quite pleased by his agreeable tone, but then she frowns and squints at him under the street lamp.
Hope, with the perfect eyesight of youth, could see that he was squinting into the darkness and noticed he was without the gold-rimmed spectacles which usually perched on the end of his bulbous nose.
Grey-skinned office refugees fill Edmonton's Churchill Square, the bright midday sun forcing them to squint as they nibble on their pallid tuna sandwiches.
Grandmother looked up at the sky, squinting her eyes.
The girl squinted at the photograph. She seemed to be nearsighted.
She squinted as if trying to shield her eyes from a squirt of acidic juice spouting out of a squeezed orange.
When he squinted his eyes, he could just make out a house in the distance.
I thought I might go back when he started school but then he needed me for writing and he had a squint, which meant hospital appointments and treatment.
If I squint a bit. The Sun
Anne suffered from a weakness in her eyes from childhood and was sent to France to consult an oculist when she was four years old, she was to remain very short-sighted all her life and suffered from a squint.
She turned, rubbing her head and squinting her eyes against the brutal morning sun.
I marched up to the porch, where a squint-eyed man asked, from around the cigar he was roughly smoking, if there was something he could help me with.
I squinted and transformed the galaxy into the dust of my dead skin.
Then, squinting in her effort to make absolutely sure, said: `Is it the sickie ? DEATH OF A NYMPH
The eyes were painted about twice life-size -- some rolled up, some canted down, some squintin 'sideways, and a lot was just cross-eye. Shorty McCabe
Sarah squinted her eyes in curiosity trying hard to read the information from his face.
The three rise, squinting into the search light and raising their hands.
The news that Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the greatest cricketer of all time, by a landslide in an Australian newspaper poll, would have, until recently, elicited from me a kind of wincing, squinting chafing at the cerebral lobe that controls the urge to enter into ill-advised and unwinnable contrarian debates. Why a Sachin Tendulkar is my signature air-cricket shot
The Times has a new Week on the Web roundup in which they have a squint round the blogs and see if there's anything they like the look of.
The geographer, it appears, was afflicted with a peculiar squint of the eyes, hence the name strabismus, which the modern oculist applies to that particular infirmity. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science
He squinted through the weak, ever-changing lumination to discern anything of use and found his efforts thwarted. String Theory, Book 3: Evolution
I pushed it, and after a moment a woman appeared at the rear of the shop and squinted at me, holding her hand to her brow as an eyeshade. HOPE TO DIE
Turner leaned close and squinted at the bags growing under his eyes. That's How It Went (rev)
Thomas has now woken and groggily shifts around in his bed, squinting his eyes against the light, even though it's dull.
He was a short, fat, squint-eyed, florid-faced, devious drone whose profession was administering linctus to racehorses: the kind of disaster only the Greens could rely on. Two For The Lions
His shirt was torn, his bow tie squinty and matted hair fell over his face.
With a squint of eye, a curl of lip, a twist of neck, and a body slanguage equally at home in boardrooms and barrooms, she embodies everyone she sees.
Tessa was driving, squinting through the veil of rain that obscured all vision not 50 yards ahead.

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