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Free sign upThe phrase "deliberate smile" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe a smile that is purposeful or intentional, rather than natural or spontaneous. Example: Despite her disappointment, she put on a deliberate smile to hide her true feelings during the awards ceremony.
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Between songs she would sometimes pause, let her eyes sweep smugly across the packed arena, then soften the pride with an equally deliberate smile.
"We have said very clearly that Tomb Raider will be coming holiday 2015 exclusively to Xbox," says Harrison with a wry, deliberate smile.
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When she saw Sonia push open the glass gallery doors, Elena cursed audibly, then walked, smiling, with deliberate slowness, toward her.
When asked if he considered the United States an ally, Mr. Morsi answered in English, "That depends on your definition of ally," smiling at his deliberate echo of Mr. Obama.
The New York Times reports: When asked if he considered the United States an ally, Mr. Morsi answered in English, "That depends on your definition of ally," smiling at his deliberate echo of Mr. Obama.
This time, her smile was slow and deliberate — a knowing, almost ironic smile, the kind of smile exchanged between conspirators.
Leaders are coached to use slow, deliberate body movements, avoid nervous fidgeting, and smile while talking.
Self satisfaction in the possession of arete was projected by the archaic smile that enliven the otherwise deliberate blankness of expression in these statues.
Their genuine hospitality, exhibited in the most humble of manners - a warm welcome, a genuine smile, a thoughtful question, a deliberate acknowledgement - was enough to replenish and restore my soul, fulfilling the mission of my two-week long European adventure.
Her every move is deliberate, and her gestures -- a held, fixed smile at the end of a song; or a sinuous curve of the hand -- are sometimes mannered but usually effective.
He has dark-brown hair, a quizzical smile, and a manner that shifts from intimacy to imperiousness in the deliberate blink of an eye.
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