Sentence examples for frozen smile from inspiring English sources

Alas, this proved one of those well-intentioned gifts that elicit, when unwrapped, a politely frozen smile of disappointment.

Both are precise renderings without surrealistic content, but there's something in the hyperdetailed backgrounds – and Warner's frozen smile – that hits that fault line too.

She wears a frozen smile.

"You like meat, right?" A frozen smile.

The answer was a silent, frozen smile.

His frozen smile has a malevolent curve.

The 43-year-old later told Japanese reporters that when he made the suggestion earlier this month, the commander "appeared frozen, smiled wryly and said it is banned".

Jane was first up, and said she'd pour herself a huge gin and tonic – cue a supportive nod from me and frozen smiles from everyone else.

In Washington, Democrats prefer frozen smiles at mention of his name, if only because their majority — their chairmanships, their fancier offices, their power — hangs on his whim.

Instead she froze, smiled, did {eyebrow-raise} to indicate: May I help you?

When the baby came, screaming, Julia and Kevin stared at each other and froze, smiling dumbly.