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Discover LudwigThe phrase "smiled" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action of someone expressing happiness or pleasure through a facial expression. Example: "She smiled when she saw her friend walk into the room."
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smiled
verb
Past of smile
Exact(60)
And then, he smiled.
Peter was greeted by friends and comrades he had worked with for decades, and though he smiled and shook hands, he seemed to have little memory of them.
So when the dentist asked me, "Would you like an injection?" I smiled gratefully, "No thanks!" "Are you sure?" he asked.
She smiled wanly and handed me my birthday present, a CD compilation entitled Songs for Meditation.
Mark Harper, the new chief whip, shuffled and smiled, unable to believe his luck, as a man who left the last government having illegally employed a migrant cleaner, once again a big player.
The other smiled and laughed: "My chairman also only calls me when we lose.
I'd like to think he smiled last night [when Greene and Williams took gold and silver], but I haven't had it confirmed yet.
Sam Cam smiled disloyally; Downing Street has always been a little too cramped for her.
"I get it," he smiled when I finally collapsed next to him, "I'm the only Protestant in this whole stadium".
Over on the AP feed, she smiled and repeated the line, adding it also reminded her "of champagne bubbles".
Don smiled, coyly perhaps, and we cut to the famous 1971 Coke ad, I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke, also known as Hilltop.
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