Sentence examples for smile the expression from inspiring English sources

The painter aims, rather, to capture the often fleeting—"life" (Lebendigkeit) of things: "the lustre of metal, the shimmer of a bunch of grapes by candlelight, a vanishing glimpse of the moon or the sun, a smile, the expression of a swiftly passing emotion" (Aesthetics, 1: 599).

Perhaps you have noticed, however, that her full, firm lips press shut in an upward curve, so that her face in repose looks almost smiling — the expression of one who bites off nails with all the amiability in the world.

He's always got a look on his face that says, "I never kid," even when he's flashing a bemused smile at the expression on the face of someone whose groin has just experienced a life-altering encounter with Jack Reacher's fist.

He surveyed the damage, a pistol hanging on his hip, and acknowledged with smiles the expressions of support from those in the crowd.

Yet scientific research seems to show she did not originally smile – the lovely expression was invented by Leonardo as he reworked his painting.

Altman smiled at the expression.

Spitzer smiled -- the expression of a man who considers himself the Federalist Society's worst nightmare.

"WHO ARE YOU, TIMOTHÉE?? TELL ME SOMETHING REAL, TIMOTHÉE!!" Did they emerge from this minimalist dining room emptied of their traumas and unshackled from their pasts, covered in sweat, and smiling in the expression of pure ecstasy that comes with discovering that ancient Egyptians have blessed them with the ability to escape the bounds of time and space and actually become love?

If you've ever heard the expression "Smile with your eyes," there's science to back it up.

In a recent issue of the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences, they argue that smiles are not simply the expression of an internal feeling.

After his hearing, Mr. Strauss-Kahn emerged from court, smiling at the assembled crowds, the expression brightening with each step.