How to Use scowl in a Sentence

scowl

1 of 2 verb
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  • Connor scowled and walked out the door to his next class.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
  • The girl scowled and kicked a pebble down the sidewalk.
    — Stephanie Green, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
  • Ball was scowling at the screen when the phone on his table buzzed.
    — Benjamin Wofford, Vox, 25 Oct. 2018
  • One day, a guard paused to look at Mr. Huang’s passport, then looked up and scowled.
    — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The 2020 Padres slammed bats, scowled as baseballs cleared fences and left no doubt about the fire within.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Granted, the skipper has flashed a couple of postgame scowls here and there.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 3 July 2019
  • John the Pirate sat in the corner booth, scowling, and shed a single tear.
    — Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Can a man scowl not just with his face but with his entire hulking frame?
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The referees called a flagrant foul as the teams scowled at each other.
    — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2017
  • The man scowled, took the laptop and opened it and closed it and then tried to sit in another first class seat, Mark Basden said.
    — Michael Balsamo, The Seattle Times, 20 May 2017
  • Many see a resemblance to the scowling Dr. Seuss character of The Grinch.
    — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • One can imagine John Adams scowling at such a statement.
    — Virginia Dejohn Anderson, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2016
  • Every lip curl, scowl, and hip shake is precisely copied by Do-Nguyen, who was then 16 years old and shot most of the scenes cloaked in a blue Snuggie.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 10 May 2021
  • From the sidelines, coal firms will scowl at efforts to curb demand in Asia and oil drillers wince at support for electric cars.
    — The Economist, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Van Pelt wasn’t the only one who noticed that Mayfield had an early Steelers scowl on.
    — cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
  • In a small, ranch-style courtroom Tuesday, the burly former drill instructor scowled as one of his accusers, Lance Cpl.
    — Rory Laverty, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2017
  • In court, Nauta sat far down the defendants’ table from his scowling boss and could be seen at times leaning over to peer at him.
    — David Ovalle, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • This is before musical artists had to scowl in their pictures, or gaze into the distance.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Who is that scowling man wearing a military uniform from days of yore?
    — Laney Ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • In a different time, Steinbrenner might have loomed over Boone’s first news conference from the back of the room, scowling, his arms folded.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • For instance, a hooked-nose face seen scowling from the upper level appears to suffer from Bell’s palsy.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Gruff and often scowling, restaurant work has left her hands patterned with small knife cuts and her forearms spattered by ugly oil burns.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2017
  • Kiril was afraid he would be forced into a pair with Arthur, who continued scowling at his phone long after class had resumed.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Here came and went a picture showing scowling white nationalists in black.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2018
  • But cannibals capture her and plan to keep the cure for themselves, unless she is rescued by our hero, played by a muscle-bound, scowling Jean-Claude Van Damme armed with a sabre.
    — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • Seeming by turns uneasy, supportive, and at times mocking, Ryder grinned, scowled, and threw up a fist or two from just over Harbour’s shoulder.
    — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 29 Jan. 2017
  • The clip shows a scowling Cage glancing at a happy, unbothered Pascal set in a top-down convertible ride on a cliff in Majorca.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Cameras caught many Democrats sitting and scowling during these remarks.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Williams, wearing a sage green sweater and forest green tie, occasionally scowled as Glanville read charges to the jury for his co-defendants, otherwise smiling when talking with his attorney or others in court.
    — George Chidi, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Neeson does his best to bring integrity to the role, exuding a weary nobility while Condon scowls and snarls and probably spends a lot of time thinking wistfully about Martin McDonagh’s dialogue.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
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scowl

2 of 2 noun
  • The country will weary of this, the dead eyes, the heavy scowl, the jutting chin.
    — Garrison Keillor, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
  • Her hair is no longer buzzed, and her scowl is crowned with brown curls.
    — Allison Stubblebine, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Matter of fact, might as well do it like me and just keep the scowl on the whole game. F--- that nice s---.
    — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • And there’s a scowl that replaces the smile when game time arrives.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The schoolmaster was tall and thin with a hunched back and a deep scowl on his gaunt face.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 June 2022
  • There on the outside of the glass was my wife in her slip, an angry scowl on her brow.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Both sat with hands folded in their laps, a faint scowl on Cornyn’s face.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2020
  • At the grocery store, some of you have been rushing around with big scowls on your faces.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Crossed arms, lack of eye contact, and a scowl never work.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2019
  • His face — that five o’clock shadow, the salt-and-pepper hair, the faint scowl — beamed out from the cover of each one.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2016
  • The fact of the joke was signaled by its grin—more of a scowl, actually.
    — David Lavie, Robb Report, 24 May 2021
  • Serve up in a stemmed glass, and garnish with a scowl, or perhaps a war story.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 June 2022
  • The doctor asked me to raise my eyebrows, scowl, then relax. Poke. Poke.
    — Liz Melchor, Marie Claire, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Her face was a cross between a scowl and a laugh, her chuckles like rocks tumbling off a cliff.
    — Victor Wei Ke Yang, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Trump’s scowl was partly buried in a mass of livid, blood-red and bruise-purple brushstrokes.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Minutes later, Oregon State coach Scott Rueck entered the room with a glance at the box score and a scowl.
    — Danny Moran, OregonLive.com, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Cox, who follows a speaker known for his quick wit, has a resting face that looks like a scowl.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Mann would charge kids in the neighborhood a nickel just to watch Donald lift weights, grunt and scowl.
    — Joe Davidson, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018
  • By loving, Churchill gave the stories back to each one of us with a scowl and a cigar clamped firmly between his teeth.
    — Tod Worner, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Sometimes a scowl, at the end some satisfaction crept onto his face as the Huskies came out with the win.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Rock went best with a frown or a scowl: serious business.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 6 Oct. 2020
  • But for Koepka, a scowl, grimace — or an eye roll — is never more than two words away.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 23 June 2021
  • Dance music is meant to be fun, it's not supposed to be serious scowls in dark rooms.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2017
  • On the show, though, June is so special that her scowl might as well be on the currency for the revolution.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 11 July 2018
  • Over coffee in Studio City, for instance, there was a moment when a scowl washed over Bridgers’s face.
    — Lizzy Goodman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • In blue shorts and a gray T-shirt bearing the Clippers’ logo, Bryant walked toward halfcourt with a slight scowl.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Jackson is leaning on the door frame, his face wearing his trademark scowl.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Only the world’s biggest movie star could upstage her own movie with each fearsome scowl.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • And that scowl, or smile—that's your brain's facial expression system at work.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Wired, 14 July 2021
  • For now, the machine is only available in this color, which will inevitably make some users scowl.
    — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 15 Dec. 2019

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