How to Use squint in a Sentence

squint

1 of 2 verb

• She had to squint to read the small print.
• He squinted through the haze of smoke.
• I had to squint my eyes to focus on the tiny letters.
• I noticed that he squints.
• Peer through the fence and squint: The artists on wheels are at work, just doing the damn thing.
  — Ian F. Blair, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The first sign of the eyes’ becoming teeth is the squinting at phones.
  — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
• Well get ready to wet your whistle and squint your eyes.
  — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019
• Lupe squinted at the sun and then took the envelope and stared down at the ground.
  — Francisco Cantú, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018
• While Preece darts around the track during his fourth time out at 12:59 p.m., Smith squints.
  — Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
• Puig squinted through the sunlight to find the baseball.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Meanwhile, along the wood line, the snipers lay on the ground, squinting through scopes at the action inside the bank.
  — Aaron Gell, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2018
• Piper crossed his living room and squinted through the peep-hole on his front door.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Key was aboard a ship in the harbor and squinted through smoke to see who had won, as the sun began to break.
  — Christina Ruffini, CBS News, 4 July 2023
• The grownups squinted in confusion, while the children whipped their hands through the air.
  — Sophia Hollander, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• One doesn't have to squint hard to see how KU's offense could succeed, though.
  — Jesse Newell, kansascity, 25 Mar. 2018
• While the rest of them wait their turn at the buffet, her mother stands by the windows, squinting out at the view.
  — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The squinting eyes, the jut of the chin, the precise tessellation of the lower lip and upper lip stay the same.
  — Wired, 24 Sep. 2019
• Walters, who is still squinting out of the injured eye, told the TV station.
  — Jared Gilmour, sacbee, 2 Mar. 2018
• But on Saturday, there was no need for Leary or his boys to crane their necks or squint their eyes.
  — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 22 June 2019
• This year, the schedules were on matte paper and print was small enough to prompt squinting.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
• The sun’s last rays lingered on tables where customers squinted at the light.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• Your eyes squint at the volume of light inside—there’s a vast glass and iron ceiling, plus huge doorways.
  — Gemma Askham, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2018
• John nods meaningfully at Kadir, who slumps against a car and squints at the horizon.
  — Alex Perry, Newsweek, 10 June 2015
• With these particular photos, Mann squints to see the men on the other side.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
• Then Smith will squint into the second deck of Chase Field, looking for his mother.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 6 May 2018
• All over the world, people squinted at the messages delivered to their homes.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
• The cubs squirm and growl, tumbling over one another, squinting in the sunlight, batting the air with tiny claws.
  — Rj Sangosti, The Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2017
• On the phone, her parents were squinting in sunshine, from what looked to be a very nice vacation in San Diego.
  — Christine Smallwood, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
• There’s still enough light outside to make everyone look nice and bright, but no glaring sun to squint at.
  — Fox News, 26 July 2023
• In other words, Voisin also doesn’t have to squint too hard to see a little of himself in Pritchett.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2023

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squint

2 of 2 noun

• Her gaze narrowed into a squint.
• A squint, a slight shake of the head, a tight little smile, and the deal is made.
  — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, 29 Apr. 2017
• This is where the ability to squint starts to come in handy.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 May 2022
• The sun forced her eye into a squint and lit up her short red hair.
  — Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Sep. 2017
• Ba didn’t heed the mess while living and in death his mean squint goes right past it.
  — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
• Ba didn’t heed the mess while living and in death his mean squint goes right past it.
  — Longreads, 3 Aug. 2017
• So much can be said with a look or a squint in a way that is pretty new for videogames, even for us.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 June 2020
• While the brush air might be welcoming, the sun beaming in your face can cause your eyes to squint.
  — Erika Hardison, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
• But squint and make the hard lines blur, this girl looks like a model from a magazine.
  — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
• Why squint at a tiny phone when a PC and its large display could be used instead?
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 9 Oct. 2020
• The resemblance — from the squint to the lopsided smile — is striking.
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
• Herbie Carter joined us, a lean man with a sly grin, sunburned squint and twinkling eyes.
  — Howard Fishman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• The left arm rose slowly, the mouth half-open, the eyelids flickering into a squint.
  — Nick Glass, CNN, 12 May 2017
• Not to mention, no one wants squint-eye and forehead wrinkles.
  — oregonlive.com, 10 June 2019
• But with a second look and squint, the air is wavy above the cracks in the hill and the smell of gas is unmistakable as one approaches.
  — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2021
• Regulars squint in the sunlight to see who’s strolling in for a morning, lunchtime or afternoon beer at one of the best dive bars in Texas.
  — Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2022
• Posing on the red carpet, Lizzo held up a teeny-tiny bag that required a soft squint to grasp what was in her hand.
  — Nandi Howard, Essence, 24 Nov. 2019
• Suns guard Landry Shamet actually mimicked Williams’ squint with a smile when told what Paul said about their coach.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2022
• Tears are shed, stories of guns and poverty are shared, and Chance the Rapper’s squint is not good news for aspiring rappers.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• Even a light squint will transform this vehicle into a Mazda or a Buick.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2021
• He's got the ex-con beard and hoodie and thousand-yard squint and is a bit of a mystery, although that might be giving him a little too much credit.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
• Tourists bunch up on the corner of 72nd Street and squint at the building’s German Renaissance flourishes.
  — David Gambacorta, Longreads, 25 June 2019
• When the sound came that meant a buddy had appeared online, Guin grabbed for my computer, roughly pressing the screen way back to squint at it.
  — Kathleen Alcott, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
• So each day and night, students gather outside, trickling into the different clusters with a wave or a squint of the eyes that hints at a masked smile.
  — USA Today, 9 Sep. 2020
• My mom has been blind in one eye, a result of an untreated squint, for many years and has had a severe Astigmatism in the other eye since she was born.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• In other circumstances, people might view that type of playlist combo with a head-scratching squint.
  — Rick Suter, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
• Most days, the tropical sun bounces off the coral and sand, refracting into a hard light that gives many islanders a permanent squint.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
• When Phillips disconnected the call and made adjustments to queue up the next few songs, the man studied a framed photo that sat on the desk, offered a squint of recognition and looked up.
  — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 20 Dec. 2021
• Others are worthy of a squint and head shake — employees could conceivably take the day to get vaccinated while pulling in a cool $35 an hour.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 6 Mar. 2021
• The Knights go undefeated again, with their best win coming over *squints* a possibly ranked Stanford at home?
  — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 23 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024