Sentence examples for mock smile from inspiring English sources

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And then he gives a mock smile.

Graham's response is marked; in overlap with the end of Alex's comment about the wheelchair, he sighs loudly and forcefully, while taking up a body posture that appears very "arched"; he looks pointedly to the middle distance above and to the right of Alex, while pursing his lips in a mock smile (line 31).

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She had a mocking smile.

"This is my dream in life," she shouted, with a slightly mocking smile.

He looked around, a bit bewildered, then listened, sometimes rubbing his face or flashing a mocking smile.

" 'That man is crushing me with his kindness,' " my mother said to us with a mocking smile.

After reading this, she would peer at me through her glasses, which made her cataracts look even more disconcerting, and give me a strange, mocking smile.

She indicated Odile's evil nature by sharpening the edges of her steps and adopting an all-knowing and slightly mocking smile.

Nicolas Nabokov, the composer and writer, once described Mr. Cartier-Bresson as having a "blond and pink head" and "gently mocking smile".

As CK Dexter Haven, Tracy's first, still unsatisfied husband, Spacey constantly reminded me of Jack Benny: there is the same dapper precision, mocking smile and immaculate comic timing.

"With a mocking smile, he placed one hand upon my shoulder and, holding me tight, bared my throat with the other, saying as he did so: 'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions...'...

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