Sentence examples for smile when a from inspiring English sources

His lips form a smile when a carrot is offered, and he will sit or spin around to earn it.

Or, more often, presenting in a milder form — in the arched eyebrow shared with a friend when a gay man makes a certain gesture, or a private smile when a black celebrity says "axe" instead of "ask".

There is the inopportunely timed call, raising a smile when a colleague answers their phone at the desk with a "Hi Mum, I'm at work", as they often seem to forget this is how we fill our days.

79th over: West Indies 267-9 Chanderpaul knocks Jones all around the ground, but they're being very cautious and standing around watching the ball - with a big smile when a low ball finds the rope through the covers.

It is hard to resist a faint smile when a City Hall driver points to abandoned cars that he could hot-wire to help the Giuliani entourage get away from devastated Lower Manhattan.

Senator Robert C. Byrd, the 91-year-old Democrat of West Virginia who has also been ill, made a rare appearance in a wheelchair, raising his hand and murmuring his assent with a smile when a clerk called his name.

Later that night, down on Lane 38, there were more smiles when a bowler threw yet another perfect game.

We all smiled when a bell rang in the office every time a seat was sold for one of our more challenging experimental theatre shows.

Mr. von Brunn, who was in a wheelchair, was otherwise nonchalant and even smiled when a prosecutor said he wanted to kill as many people as possible in the June 10 attack.

He smiles when a drunken aunt entertains the guests with a dance that, oustide this celebration of sanctioned fornication, could be called obscene.

Eminem was smart enough to smile when complaining, a balance some songwriters never learn.