Word Finder - squinting

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To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

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The children squinted to frighten each other.

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To look or glance sideways.

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To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

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To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.

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To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.

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To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.

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to squint an eye

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The act of one who squints.

She caught her breath, squinting into the shadows.

She leaned forward, squinting to see her arm in the dark.

Prisms are of great value in cases of double vision due to a slight tendency to squinting, caused by weakness or over-action of the muscular apparatus of the eyeball.

Taran watched him and rubbed the back of his neck, squinting at the lightened sky near the sunset.

She rolled to face him, squinting in the grainy dawn.

Squinting at the viewless ether through his monocle he beheld millions in it; so did William Augustus Destyn and the other sons-in-law.

Both look in the same direction, squinting slightly in the sunlight.

Squinting down the dark tunnel I could see a snake, or maybe two, coiled inside.

The v3 has a good sized screen too, so your not squinting when navigating the menu.

At the end I stumble out, my eyes squinting in the bright light of day, to touch reality again.

Other less common signs or symptoms of unprotected exposure to UV rays may include chronic headaches and wrinkling of the skin around the eye caused by the constant reflex squinting to try to decrease the amount of UV rays entering the eye.

Even better is the fact that golf glasses also keep harmful UV rays and glare out of your eyes, and this will allow you to focus on your shots, not squinting and shielding your eyes from light.

The bi-gradient mirror coating mimics the effects of squinting, thereby minimizing direct glare.

Who wants to be squinting their eyes all day instead of relaxing and enjoying the scenery?

Skip the squinting and strained vision that could be a result of the bright light or difficulty seeing things up close.

Stop squinting at the beach by wearing a pair of Maui Jim bifocals.

From the mode-7 rotating landscapes, parallax scrolling and more, it's a treat for squinting eyes.

Playing in full-screen mode leaves squinting behind (the web-based game is in a rather small window).

Facial features have formed and ultrasounds have shown the fetus squinting and frowning in this trimester.

Just remember, squinting is bad for your eyes, so feel free to click on the images to enlarge them.

Order of the Phoenix is the squinting eyes of the series, peering in for a closer look at Harry's dark side and is another brilliant example of Rowling's keen eye for characterization.

Years of facial movement and expression - whether laughing, smiling, squinting or even smoking - contribute to the skin's normal aging process.

Eye wrinkles, or "crow's feet," and furrowed brows are both often related to squinting in the sunlight.

Instead of going to see the Immortal leader, Gabriel crossed through the shadow world, squinting as he emerged into the bright mid-morning sunlight.

He gave her a small push toward the path, and she looked down, squinting in the moonlight to see the darkened trail.

After I checked out the list I spent the afternoon at a rest stop squinting at a couple of a thou­sand bikers' numbers trying to spot him, but no luck.

She caught herself against it, squinting back the way she'd come.

With scarcely any neck, he had round shoulders, a broad face with a flat nose, a thin beard, and squinting eyes, which were generally downcast.

During his professorship he published the Institutes of Surgery, arranged in the order of the lectures delivered in the university of Edinburgh (1838); and in 1841 he wrote a volume of Practical Essays, two of which, "On Squinting," and "On the action of purgatives," are of great value.

Cassie leaned forward on the wagon seat, squinting anxiously into the incandescent sunrise.

Also remember to position yourself so that the student is not squinting into the sun rather than listening to your pearls of wisdom.

The alarm clock buzzed insistently and she reached over to slap the snooze button, squinting at the iridescent hands.

His bleached hair was disheveled, his eyes squinting at the hall light.

Where, on the other hand, there is no tendency to squinting, care must be taken in selecting spectacles that the distances between the centres of the glasses and the centres of the pupils are quite equal, otherwise squinting, or at any rate great fatigue, of the eyes may be induced.

Back in the truck, Des was still squinting at the map.