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half-smile
noun
a smile that is uncertain or short-lived
Example Sentences
The Yalie glad-hander with a legendary pained half-smile campaigned heavily against Fine in the days leading up to the special election, even as he knew it was useless.
we do glean comes only from studying Dickinson’s face: Samuel’s probing eyes, his amused half-smile, his hesitance before he dares to order his boss to get on her knees.
And gone is the soft focus, the half-smile and the parted lips from her official portrait last time she was in the White House.
“I wouldn’t describe it as a nightmare. We’re focused, and determined,” said Gen Lionel Catar with a half-smile.
Even Dr. P., who had been stone-faced, gave a half-smile.
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