Sentence examples for contained smirk from inspiring English sources

In one of the little marvels of the Frick show, the Smiths, father and son, professional huntsmen, wear that air of effortless superiority, the contained smirk of being British in the seventeen-seventies.

Sometimes he can barely contain a smirk.

"Let me just guess," Mr. Obama said, barely containing his smirk, "that's the 2,400-page 2,400-page

Barely able to contain a smirk, "Taxidermia" makes it grimly funny.

And when he was getting away with something, as on "Some Beach" and "Ol' Red," he could barely contain a smirk.

As Phil Salerni, a born-again Christian and saxophonist from Ohio, alternately played "Amazing Grace" and shouted about the glories of God, a group of stock exchange clerks could barely contain their smirks.

Stop smirking.

(Please stop smirking).

A fleeting smirk can contain many logical ingredients and emotional spices.

Others smirk.

There was a smirk.