Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: grinning
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'ɪnɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: smile, smiling, grin, grinning
    Meaning: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Usage examples
  • "Get along with you!" retorted Peter, grinning.
  • They crossed the grinning skull of the gray wolf.
  • Bernice, grinning openly now, stopped Deston's floundering.
  • "And I haven't any umbrella," he added, grinning at his own feeble joke.
  • De Morbihan paused and shifted sideways in his chair, grinning like a mischievous child.
  • Not once did his countenance relax its gravity, as he met the grinning faces across the table.
  • She raised her head, and saw the white, skin-drawn face of Mr. Redmain grinning at her from the open door.
  • "What are you two mooning over?" asked a gay voice, and the two girls turned with a start to find Julia Crosby grinning cheerfully at them.
  • Smerdyakov, who was looking at the ground again, and playing with the toe of his right foot, set the foot down, moved the left one forward, and, grinning, articulated:
  • I could not help grinning when I found out that they did not even allude to me as the Vice-President-elect, let alone as a hunter, but merely as "Johnny Goff's tourist."