FROWN in a Sentence
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224 example sentences for FROWN, such as:
1. She frowned at me, clearly annoyed.
2. She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
3. The countess tried to frown, but could not.
4. She saw his quick frown and hastened to explain.
5. This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.
2. She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
3. The countess tried to frown, but could not.
4. She saw his quick frown and hastened to explain.
5. This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of FROWN
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frown
n. a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
v. look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Terrible place, isn't it," said Tom, exchanging a frown with Doctor Eckleburg.
2 Clergymen paused in the streets, to address words of exhortation, that brought a crowd, with its mingled grin and frown, around the poor, sinful woman.
3 Now came the dead friends of his youth, and his white-bearded father, with a saint-like frown, and his mother turning her face away as she passed by.
4 Never was there a blacker or a fiercer frown than Hester now encountered.
5 In the brook, again, was the fantastic beauty of the image, with its reflected frown, its pointed finger, and imperious gesture, giving emphasis to the aspect of little Pearl.
6 He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made.
7 Then she made a frown and a gesture to my mother, like one who was accustomed to be obeyed, to come and open the door.
8 Miss Murdstone merely answers with a frown and a formal bend: Mr. Chillip, discomfited, goes into a corner, keeping me with him, and opens his mouth no more.
9 'Angry,' I answered, with an involuntary imitation of his dark frown.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
10 That old, double look was on me for a moment; and then his eyes darkened with a frown, as it turned, in its aversion, elsewhere.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
11 She glanced round for an instant, looked inquiringly at him, and with a slight frown turned away again.
12 The effect was also further heightened by the manner in which, at such moments, he assumed the most portentous frown.
13 The countess tried to frown, but could not.
14 "She needs rest," said Prince Andrew with a frown.
15 Only when a man was killed or wounded did he frown and turn away from the sight, shouting angrily at the men who, as is always the case, hesitated about lifting the injured or dead.
Example Sentence:
1 Never frown,even when you are sad,because you never kown who is falling in love with your smile.
2 She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
3 She saw his quick frown and hastened to explain.
4 Never frown,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
5 A fiddly task like threading a needle often makes you frown.
6 We frown on the use of so much salt in the food.
7 A frown seemed out of place on his invariably jovial face.
8 The ugly frown liked to disfigure his normally pleasant face.
9 She frowned at me, clearly annoyed.
10 This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.
11 Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.
12 A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.
13 The world is like a mirror: Frown at itand it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
14 The manager sat frowning behind his desk throughout the whole interview.