I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He grimaced and scratched his short, curly black hair where it stuck out from under his tartan cap.
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He married his high school sweetheart, though he grimaces at that term.
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Justin said, grimacing at the recollection.
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She grimaced for Anna to step over it too, but the child trod on it before Liz could wrench her arm.
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Stadler, meanwhile, was grimacing and snarling with every strut of his corpulent form.
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The flack grimaced and walked away, muttering.
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The screaming would not stop, and he grimaced.
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Vic grimaces at his own reflection, as if to say: come off it, no identity crises, please.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
make
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He made grimaces and cried out.
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Once in a while, she seemed to sneer and made a grimace of revulsion.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bernie gave a grimace of disgust and left the room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A grimace distorted her fine mouth.
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He saw me without surprise, with a small smile, almost a grimace , on his face.
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He was runty and snuffling and the left half of his face had a permanent grimace .
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Her severed head flopped on a bin of guts, yellow beak in a grimace - take me with you?
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Maryellen, standing beside them, looks at the bruised skin and grimaces.
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More screams and grimaces and thrashing about, and then pure vertigo.
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There were a lot of grimaces, and a little dry bark sometimes, but never a laugh.