wryin a sentence
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The old woman gave a wry smile, as if she knew something that I didn't.
wry = humorous in an subtle, ironic, or cynical way
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The old woman wryly smiled as she watched the young couple argue.
wryly = in a somewhat cynical or ironic way (suggesting that she had seen it all before)
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The reporter delivered the news with a wry wit, even though it was a serious story.
wry = subtle or ironic
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The reporter wryly remarked that the president's speech was "full of empty promises."
wryly = with subtle or ironic humor (suggesting that she did not believe the president's promises)
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"The thing seems to break down every couple minutes." He cracked a wry smile. "Of course, I hear we might run out of light bulbs before that, and then it won't matter if the generator works or not."
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wry = understated ironic humor
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The Giver watched him with a wry smile.
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wry = ironic
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She responded with a wry smile.
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wry = understated, sarcastic, or ironic
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And his father, with his squinty gaze, his wry humor.
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wry = understated
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"Do you know how lucky you are?"
She smiled rather wryly. "Not most of the time." (source)wryly = with ironic humor in an understated way
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Atticus smiled wryly.
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wryly = in an ironic manner (suggesting that he understands more than they know)
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Why did Judith have to remind her? Kit thought wryly.
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wryly = annoyed or unhappy
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"Perhaps there's a ghost on the Hindenburg, too," she said wryly.
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wryly = expressing a sense of irony (saying something but not really meaning it)
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- Uncle Hammer smiled a strange, wry smile.† (source)
- He had a wry expression on his face.† (source)
- As he listened to his wife's lecture, Ye allowed himself a wry smile.† (source)
- Probably exhausted from resenting me so much, I think with a wry smile.† (source)
- He gave me a wry look.† (source)
- Lupin smiled wryly.† (source)
- Guo Ming smiled wryly.† (source)
- Williams stood at his living-room window, smoking a cigarillo and making wry comments as he watched visitors trooping up the Adlers' front steps across the street.† (source)
- Cole asked with a wry smile, as he sharpened a sapling for a hot-dog stick.† (source)
- He was wry.† (source)
- The pipe stem anchored a wry grin.† (source)
- This wry tone was strange for Ty, but I let it pass for the time being.† (source)
- Spencer twisted the comers of her mouth up wryly.† (source)
- He gave Thomas a wry grin.† (source)
- An expression of surprise crossed his features when he beheld her in her finery, but it quickly melted into a wry grin as he looked toward his father.† (source)
- "An albino," Theon Greyjoy said with wry amusement.† (source)
- Vittoria felt a wry pleasure inside.† (source)
- "If the morphlings have left me anything to work with," he says wryly.† (source)
- Miss Perumal gave him a wry look.† (source)
- "Well, I'm popular with the general public," she said wryly.† (source)
- He smiled wryly at Drew "Okay.† (source)
- Once in a while he'd come out with some hoary maxim, served up with a wry irony that did nothing to reduce the boredom quotient; or else he'd say, "I coulda been a contender," then glare meaningfully at the class as if there was some deeper-than-deep point they were all supposed to get.† (source)
- "Even though you were clearly not doing your part in the clover search, perv," she said wryly, "I really would give you this clover.† (source)
- A wry and twinkling relative carving up the bird.† (source)
- You know, one of those wry, silent chuckles, accompanied by a rueful shake of the head.† (source)
- The dwarf smiled wryly.† (source)
- She offered a wry smile.† (source)
- Making a wry mouth, she removed her kerchief and drew out the other two pins.† (source)
- An odd, dry name for a rusty, wry little redhead: it suited her.† (source)
- He's pictured standing on the fifty-yard line of the football field, wearing his letterman jacket, his arms crossed, his right foot resting atop a football, a wry, confident grin on his face.† (source)
- He wrote for a humor website based in Brooklyn, a decent one, and his contributor photo revealed him to be a scrawny guy with dark-framed glasses and an uncomfortable amount of thick black hair, wearing a wry grin and a T-shirt for a band called the Bingos.† (source)
- Not, however," he said wryly, "without this token of my stupidity.† (source)
- Grey's men," he said, wryly.† (source)
- The sound of it tugged one corner of his mouth into a wry smile as he sank into the deep chair in front of the fire.† (source)
- "Don't worry — I don't understand any of it," I said wryly.† (source)
- Irony—sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes wry or perplexing—provides additional richness to the literary dish.† (source)
- Anaander Mianaai smiled wryly.† (source)
- Those of my clan well, we feed in other ways, Scatty said with a wry smile.† (source)
- Athena smiled wryly.† (source)
- He could be a calm, undemanding figure in the classroom, but when the right set of competitive stimuli was applied (like electrodes to the temples of Frankenstein's monster, Jack thought wryly), he could become a juggernaut.† (source)
- When she blinked at him, she saw a wry grin spread across his face.† (source)
- Tyler gave his former boss a wry look.† (source)
- Despite his sense of humor and his often wry look at higher authority, he was a very fine SEAL commander, and hie presided over one of the best fighting platoons in the entire U.S. Navy.† (source)
- He has a kind of wry, ironic charm that is utterly winning.† (source)
- Vanger gave him a wry smile.† (source)
- The sharp, wry figure of Mrs. Bannister, the night nurse, scurried into view.† (source)
- "Ali," Grandfather says, raising his eyebrows in a wry expression.† (source)
- She attempted a wry smile, but it failed miserably.† (source)
- She smiled wryly, a crisscross of wrinkles in the old face.† (source)
- Mom smiled wryly.† (source)
- "Yes," Abby replied wryly, tapping her cell phone against her head.† (source)
- Chhongba Sherpa, a wry, thoughtful man who had joined our expedition as Base Camp cook, offered to arrange a meeting with the rimpoche—"the head lama of all Nepal," Chhongba explained, "a very holy man.† (source)
- David took him in: tall and lanky, wearing a clean white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and flashing a wry, crooked smile at the audience.† (source)
- Kilgas looked at him, a wry expression on his ruddycheeked face.† (source)
- The well-made faces and wry looks.† (source)
- Now, now, the waiting, the holding of dank sour breath in the wry tissues of her childlike body.† (source)
- It was congenital, he apologized, eyes wryly aglint behind his gold-rim specs.† (source)
- She said the last with a wry, proud, grown-up exasperation, as one submitting to the penalties imposed by her brother's power, and glory.† (source)
- A wry smile spreads on his face: he is about to say something clever.† (source)
- An appropriate response, I think wryly.† (source)
- Not that I blame him," he added with a wry smile.† (source)
- "We don't do a good job of dressing as civilians," Mebratu said, wryly.† (source)
- "Not what you expected?" he asked in wry tones.† (source)
- "To be honest," says Luke, with a wry smile, "I'm not sure I'll be representing Flagstaff Life any more after this."† (source)
- "Thank you, Jesus," he says to her with a wry smile as he makes his way toward the back bedroom.† (source)
- He gives me a wry look before departing downstairs to join St. Clair in the head's office.† (source)
- 'At least we found out what he dreams about,' Dunbar observed wryly.† (source)
- "Well, it's original all right," Mrs. de Villiers says wryly.† (source)
- I smiled wryly.† (source)
- The man nodded and gave a wry smirk.† (source)
- Miss Moore gives a wry smile.† (source)
- She had gone to art school, lived off campus, was wry and curious and kind and superhip, and one day when I had admired the box, she gave it to me.† (source)
- "Probably wouldn't take that long," Judge Atlee observed wryly.† (source)
- "I can now retire from politics after having 'Happy Birthday' sung to me in such a sweet and wholesome way," the president speaks into the microphone, his wry delivery suggesting that he is above such sexual shenanigans.† (source)
- It's hard to see his expression in the dark, but his voice sounds both skeptical and wry.† (source)
- Though I say it as shouldn't, you may think,' he added with a wry smile, seeing Frodo's glance.† (source)
- After noting in one entry that his horse had overfed on grass and water, Adams speculated wryly, "My biographer will scarcely introduce my little mare and her adventures."† (source)
- Again he thought wryly of the Threarah.† (source)
- I smiled wryly.† (source)
- He gave me a wry smile.† (source)
- His smile was wry and not terribly amused.† (source)
- His sword, he thought wryly.† (source)
- The other young Pimas, when they broke their usual stoicism, liked to rib Ira in the wry, almost mocking style that flavored their culture's humor.† (source)
- You're screwed, Elias, a wry voice tells me.† (source)
- As he looked from Wells to Bellamy, a wry smile flickered across his face.† (source)
- She gave a wry grin.† (source)
- A wry little smile lit her face.† (source)
- I saw the man's face relax as he gave me a wry smile.† (source)
- He gave a wry grin.† (source)
- Mike Monsky smiled a small, wry smile.† (source)
- "Shut yer mouth, orc dog," Biggrin commanded, looking to the verbeeg that had threatened the runner and smiling wryly.† (source)
- "Now I will be glad if I can go to the cottage this summer," he said, and there was a wry smile on his lips.† (source)
- She smiled that wry smile again.† (source)
- Longstreet grinned wryly.† (source)
- He is somewhat shy and talks quietly, but when you listen closely, you realize he's constantly making wry, self-deprecating observations.† (source)
- Telling us about it later, Pa said with a wry smile, "I've heard of people getting hit on the head hard enough to break both ankles—but not their big toe."† (source)
- We're wry pleased to have this opportunity to interview you.† (source)
- And he points to my folding chair with a silencing finger and an almost wry smile, and it's all I can do but sit down again as they stomp and leap their way into the water.† (source)
- He smiled wryly.† (source)
- GUIL (wry, gentle): Thank you; well let you know.† (source)
- John Osborne smiled wryly.† (source)
- ESTRAGON: (shrugging his shoulders, wry face.)† (source)
- "Well, well," said Leamas with a wry smile, "you must be quite a big wheel.† (source)
- He smiled, wryly.† (source)
- Metzger flashed her a big wry couple rows of teeth.† (source)
- Adam made a wry grimace.† (source)
- He gave me a wry smile.† (source)
- The shortish man with the wry ruddy sardonic face could only be John Cheever.† (source)
- ANNIE [WRY]: Well, some have the luck of the Irish, some do not.† (source)
- He smiled wryly.† (source)
- Until recently, his faith in Karellen had kept him free from doubts; but now, he thought a little wryly, the protests of the Freedom League were beginning to have their effect upon him.† (source)
- The newsman paused, looked up, and half-smiled in wry amusement at this complexity.† (source)
- JAMIE Wryly.† (source)
- "Well—" I grinned wryly.† (source)
- Carol was always a kind of high priestess in our family circle, a wry and demonstrative oracle who read eastern philosophy with sophomoric intensity and who tried to implement the lessons she derived from her readings in our household.† (source)
- Just incomplete some way, like a chicken that comes out of the shell with a wry neck and grows on up like that.† (source)
- It was an inward sound she gavenow it came again-of such wholehearted and fateful concurrence with the thing dreamed, that Nina and Jinny Love took hands and made wry faces at each other.† (source)
- West smiled wryly: "You wouldn't understand, Ben.† (source)
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Slim smiled wryly.
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wryly = expressing a sense of irony
- Garrett continued to stare at his father, a wry smile on his face.† (source)
- Look who's getting all paternal, Leah thought wryly.† (source)
- "And now, I suppose," he continued with a wry smile, "you have something you want to ask me?"† (source)
- "Was there more to discuss?" says Peeta wryly.† (source)
- He is a slender man who looks like a teenager, and he has a wry sense of humor.† (source)
- He glanced down at me from the corner of his eye, smiling wryly.† (source)
- I didn't know the leader of Amity would be so curt," says Tori with a wry smile.† (source)
- 'Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters,' said Sirius with a wry smile.† (source)
- "Actually, there is," Salander said, with a wry smile.† (source)
- She looked at Lieutenant Awn with a wry twist to her mouth.† (source)
- Not an altogether bad idea," the president observed wryly, "but hardly a likely one."† (source)
- She had dark hair, startling blue eyes, and a wry mouth.† (source)
- He pulls away first and gives me a wry smile.† (source)
- "You should have seen me, Annemarie," she said, shaking her head with a wry look.† (source)
- "They try to all the time," Williams said with a wry smile.† (source)
- Him being your cousin and all," she says wryly.† (source)
- Jasper both saw and felt my assessment, my caution, and he smiled wryly.† (source)
- "I'm absolutely certain he'll mention it himself," Edward said in a wry tone.† (source)
- He shrugged and gave a wry smile, as if he'd expected to catch me with the last question.† (source)
- Angela threw back her head and laughed wryly.† (source)
- He looked at me for a long time, his smile wry, his eyes twinkling.† (source)
- Jeb shrugged and gave her a slow, wry smile.† (source)
- I thought if you had any ideas...." she gave me a wry, hopeful look.† (source)
- I didn't know you were such a celebrity," he said wryly after the second person walked away.† (source)
- The wry humor left his face, and his eyes warmed up.† (source)
- "I was tired enough to sleep through a thunderstorm," said Eragon wryly.† (source)
- I smiled wryly at the mountainous vampire.† (source)
- "I know what you mean," said Eragon wryly.† (source)
- Smiling wryly to myself, I added Edward's greeting and hit "send.† (source)
- "I'm guessing you heard the whole thing from the look on your face," he said with a wry grin.† (source)
- My father gave a wry smile and shook his head.† (source)
- Unfortunately, he reflected wryly,nothing she said will make sense until it has already happened.† (source)
- Then she shrugged and gave me a hint of a wry smile.† (source)
- "You're lying," she said with a wry twist to her lips.† (source)
- Deoch nodded slowly to himself, his smile going a little wry.† (source)
- "You're not the first man to say that," Denna said, wryly.† (source)
- "Thank you, my dear," Tiberinus said with a wry smile.† (source)
- He gave a wry half-smile, fatigue written into the lines of his face.† (source)
- He spoke wryly on subjects like Jacqueline Susann's adoration of Ethel Merman.† (source)
- A wry smile touched his lips, and he shrugged.† (source)
- "Well, thanks for following me—I think," I said, with a wry smile.† (source)
- "Uh-huh," she said, giving me a wry look.† (source)
- The man's wry, weather-beaten face was as warm and welcome as a winter fire.† (source)
- Say also,' said Gandalf, 'that to crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.† (source)
- Whether there had been jealousy under that wryness, Jordan wasn't sure.† (source)
- The demon chewed on this a moment, a wry twinkle in his hooded eyes.† (source)
- "Quite right," said Connor, bowing his head with a wry smile.† (source)
- "Thanks for the suggestion," he said wryly.† (source)
- A wry smile slowly spread over Mark's face.† (source)
- "I think you are safe from physical attack," said Eddis wryly.† (source)
- It took a few seconds before he saw her shoulders relax and she turned to him with a wry smile.† (source)
- She was barely recognizable with her mouth shut, I thought wryly.† (source)
- I think of Carol's wry-mouthed mother, of Mrs. Smeath with her hairpinned crown of graying braids.† (source)
- He made a wry face at once and threw the rest of the plum tomato into his waste-basket.† (source)
- "We have the same mother," the officer said, with a wry smile.† (source)
- "Thanks at last," he said, with a wry smile.† (source)
- He watched as David, with a wry smile, plucked Julie's camera from a nearby chair.† (source)
- He made a wry Iggy-face that I interpreted as deep happiness to be here.† (source)
- The man stepped forward, a wry smile on his face.† (source)
- She turned and smiled a wry smile at me as if to say I didn't know anything.† (source)
- You didn't ruin the wedding," she said with a wry smile.† (source)
- Annie gave him a wry look and took the glass from his hand.† (source)
- Getting the word out, they call it," she adds, to me, with a wry smile.† (source)
- The dead must teach the living," remarked David with a wry smile.† (source)
- "To business," echoes Luke, and gives a wry smile.† (source)
- Öberg stopped bandaging Lundin's foot and gave Johansson a wry look.† (source)
- A wry smile spread across Cassius's face.† (source)
- I was too upset to laugh but gave a wry smile and looked over at Nudge.† (source)
- She would be run over, she thought wryly.† (source)
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