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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a few smiling" is not correct and lacks context to be usable in written English.
It could potentially be used in a context where you are describing a group of people who are smiling, but it needs additional information to be clear.
Example: "In the crowd, I noticed a few smiling faces that brightened my day."
Alternatives: "a few grinning" or "a handful of cheerful".
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"Once people get out and see a few smiling faces around, they take it as a nice escape and use it to have a bit more fun".
Above them, a soaring mural depicts a diverse streetscape of neighborhood residents, circa 1973, with a few smiling policemen painted in with the crowd.
So, save for a few smiling jabs at Comedy Central delivered from behind his desk, and a couple of press interviews in which he suggested that his show's poor ratings owed much to the loss of Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" as his lead-in, Wilmore went out much as he came in: measured, comfortable in the host's chair, and unsurprised when things didn't quite work out.
"There'll be a few smiling around the chasing pack".
In 2017 we saw projects raise what's comparable to hundreds of millions of dollars via Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), using little more than a picture of a few smiling founders and an impenetrable white paper.
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A few smiled amiably.
A few smiled, but said nothing.
Some winced, others looked bewildered, a few smiled.
Some followed us in silence, others ran away, a few smiled and spoke.
Some looked frightened, but a few smiled, and called out timid greetings.
Most people looked confused, a few smiled.
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