Sentence examples for wry look from inspiring English sources

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"wry look" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a facial expression that conveys a mixture of amusement, irony, and/or sarcasm. Example: "She couldn't help but give him a wry look when he claimed to have forgotten their anniversary."

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There's a wry look in his eye.

Marclay gave Yee a wry look.

He shoots me a wry look.

(The waiter's wry look said, "See previous answer").

A wry look at Y2K doomsters, avaricious contractors and military acronymiacs.

He gave a laugh, a wry look, and a sigh — three takes to choose from.

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"Breaking off is misery," he sings in one of the album's several wry looks at lost love.

Once again, it's a chase sequence across different countries, in a tight time frame, as Langdon progressively unravels improbable puzzles and ciphers, leading to the revelation of a world-shattering conspiracy … The language is repetitious and full of clichés, so that all smiles are wry, looks incredulous and chuckles grim.

For weeks friends have been responding to my protests of impartiality with wry looks and knowing chuckles.

He gave me that wry Spock look.

Recruiting a backing band called the Pyros, with Paul Rodden on electric banjo, he tried his own hand at such material with a wry, rootsy look at postwar, post-yuppie England on "Grand Union" two years later.

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