Sentence examples for frozen smiles from inspiring English sources

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.

Prime ministers sit with frozen smiles through interminable state events.

Those frozen smiles that contemporary politicians have as they strive to humiliate their opponent — not there.

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

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".

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.

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.

Above them, a dozen casts — young people frozen in smiles, embraces and, yes, crossed-arm determination — ringed the atrium.

The New York Times called it "as dead-serious as a $100-a-plate dinner of gray meat and frozen candidates' smiles".