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Definition of Grinned
1. grin [v] - See also: grin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grinned
Literary usage of Grinned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"Athy grinned and turned up the sleeves of his jacket, saying: It can't be helped;
It must be done. So down with your breeches And out with your bum. ..."
2. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"All right," grinned the amazon, her wid mouth stretching from ear to ear to ...
Reckon I be," grinned Molly Saxon, revolving the chamber of her pistol with ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"I have bought a soft, broad - brimmed hat, at which Charles grinned when I put
it on. But the hat is so comfortable that I can't abide the stiff British ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"the other side of the fire grinned affably and in a minute fell fast asleep. "
There's the height av politeness for you," said Mulvaney, lighting his pipe ..."
5. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... handing it over, butt first. He set it down on the dresser, then hurried back
to the bathroom. "Haven't you read all those books?" Alan grinned. ..."
6. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1907)
"The cathedrals cultivated and perpetuated this superstition, by the figures of
malignant demons which grinned from the gargoyles of their roofs and the ..."
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