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wried
wry
1. But preachers, sly and wily men, following your counsel (as I suppose) because they saw men evil- willing to frame their manners to Christ's rule, they have wrested and wried his doctrine, and, like a rule of lead, have applied it to men's manners, that by some means at the least way, they might agree together
1. ’ He admitted with a wry grin
2. One more of those days, when all goes abnormally wry: In the morning I went to Alimos, so as to buy ink-tapes for my typewriter
3. ’ He said giving her a wry look in which humour and respect mingled
4. ‘I daresay I am wasting my breath,’ she said with a wry mouth
5. She gave him a wry smile but was silent
6. ’ I said, giving him a wry smile
7. Almost as though she can read my mind, Karen looks at me with a little wry smile on her face
8. “Betrothed,” she answered with a wry smile
9. Lord Tarak answered ‘the best’, with a wry smile
10. Duncan countered with a wry smile that she need not remember; and reached for her
11. Yellelle looked at Ava and made a wry face
12. The woman fixed him with a piercing glance, softened by a wry
13. his son allowed himself another wry smile
14. his characteristic wry grin, “Certainly this world has some very, um,
15. wry smiles curving their mouths
16. The older man’s face twisted into a wry grin
17. characteristically wry smile playing about his lips
18. Bram flourished that wry grin of his
19. ‘Bringing out the paternal in you, Williams?’ Jarvis asked with a wry smile
20. Bram nodded, with that wry grin playing about his lips again
21. Briefly, his eyes met Elizabeth’s and they shared a wry
22. “You obviously need it!” Matt said with a wry smile
23. with a wry smile
24. ‘He told you nothing useful, then?’ Jean pulled a wry
25. said the nun with a wry smile
26. father gave him a wry grin as he chewed on his bread
27. black graduation robes, with a wry somber smile, wearing torn
28. “May you have more luck than the poor sods who prayed to our gods for insight,” Zarko said with a wry smile
29. Clive caught a glimpse of my face and gave a wry chuckle, devoid of mirth
30. 'And as for my best friend, Marjory,' Maureen gave a wry laugh
31. With a wry smile,
32. I thought that he had the wry, self-
33. “Ah,” she breathed, a wry look in her eyes
34. who was doing a fair impression of a wry grin and slid a sly wink at Nathan
35. “Are you trying to tell me that after all I spent on this outfit that I look that helpless, how about svelte and sexy?” He offered a wry grin, but held her by the elbow and, practically pulling, hustled her towards the casino door
36. She had a slight advantage, she said with a wry, toothy grin: she knew the building intimately, having crawled through its every recess and been a life-long party to the tenant rumor mill, while the knowledge of the owner’s lawyer was limited to what little the skimming building superintendent had revealed and what was public record
37. “Shhh,” noted Bru, with a wry head-shake at Nibbles’ reluctance to miss anything
38. She made a mental note to phone and have Mike take care of him yet, still managed to answer Caroline with a laugh that what she had done was her secret but, she continued with a wry smile, should Caroline have any needs within the jurisdiction of the Port Authority, she could help
39. Conal sat back in his chair and nodded, his lips twitching in a wry smile
40. ” He gave Brian a wry grin
41. You have a job?” Kemp asked with a wry smile
42. It could very well be that Truman still saw himself as Comandante Cobra, and equally possible – he thought with a wry grin – that even in his Contra role, he wasn’t such an ogre after all
43. “Not if you turn the stove on under them,” Cooper said with a wry smile
44. It’s going to be interesting, I don’t like conformity,” she said with a wry smile
45. “No problem,” he asserted with a wry smile, “watch this
46. “Keep flipping,” he said with a wry face
47. The machine made a slight bob and leaned towards him before saying with a voice that should have been followed by a wry smile:
48. They all had these similar wry facial expressions, and a couple of them had these odd smiles that seemed like they weren’t in control of their own mouths
49. When he was done taunting me, Fandango began looking at me with this confident look, while motioning: “one minute” with his index finger and mouthing the words, “You’ll see” as he pointed to his eye and winked with a wry smile
50. In the wry smile