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Meanings of squinty in English

Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion (used especially of glances).

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Usage of squinty in English
1
The money comes gushing in early and the limelight makes them squinty.
The Irish Times
2
The squinty-eyed boy looked to be a couple years older than Nick.
The Child Thief
3
She didn't recognize him either, with that scarred face and squinty look.
Arcanum Unbounded
4
Sabito squatted down to examine it, peering at it squinty-eyed from different angles.
Death angel
5
Is Olivia's squinty earnestness beginning to feel like a one-note performance?
Wired
6
Two old men outside the station gave Emma a squinty look.
The Lying Game
7
Ms. Fisher's squinty eyes were already looking past them, searching the crowded lawn.
Torment
8
That little pig, with the squinty eye, is getting pretty big.
Squinty the Comical Pig: His Many Adventures
9
Gazing at her earnestly through his squinty, watery eyes, he exclaimed:
I Married a Ranger
10
He'd just look at me out of those squinty Apache eyes.
Phoenix noir
11
The teller- awomanin squinty rhinestoned glasses-barelyglanced at the signature before nodding.
Ladder of years: a novel
12
His squinty black eyes were bloodshot enough to match the chupacabra's.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
13
All nose and chin and squinty red eyes and 100-proof breath.
Two for the dough
14
The parrot might seem squinty and distracted, but Lacey knew it had excellent eyesight.
Existence
15
That flicker of panic in his squinty eyes made it all so worth it.
Suck it, wonder woman!: the misadventures of a hollywood geek
16
Maybe the fug was what made his eyes so squinty.
Karen Memory
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