Thesaurus results for SQUINTED

squinted

verb

past tense of squint

as in peered

to take a look with the eyes narrowed (as because of difficulty seeing) He squinted in her direction, but couldn't make her out with the sun behind her.

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Recent Examples of squinted The Israelis squinted for a few moments and gestured others over. — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The janitor squinted into the distance, shielding her eyes from the sun with a hand. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Some took up the pairs of binoculars provided for better viewing, while most simply squinted and pointed into the distance. — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 McNutt said as Murray squinted down at the stands and zoomed in to catch a photo of the pop superstar for his wife. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026 Dressed in periwinkle, Annie took off her shoes in front of the sunflowers, sat down, squinted into the sunlight and smiled. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026 Carson squinted at prices before hooking the fuel nozzle to the tank of his scarlet Buick. — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026 Giles cranked the boat back around, leaned out from behind the steering wheel and squinted past a bright glare on the water. — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025 Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the wings of migratory monarch butterflies traveling from west of the Rocky Mountains. — Olivia Maule, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025

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Families peered out at us suspiciously from curtainless windows in ramshackle brick dwellings.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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At eleven-thirty, Molina sat down at his kitchen table and, like López’s father, stared outside while listening.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Standing barefoot outside his home at 8th Street and Balboa Boulevard, holding a cup of coffee, Ross Stewart, 79, stared at the gray sky and at the berms.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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