half-smiles

Her darting arms, feverishly thumping feet and wry half-smiles build up to the ultimate kiss-off: She mimes bolting multiple locks on a door and effectively shuts him out of her life to hearty laughter and cheers from the audience.

Priyadarsini Govind and Nrityagram Dance Ensemble offer intense Indian dance 2011

Everyone around me was crying—or looking like they wanted to—and offering each other comforting half-smiles.

The Probability of Him Jen Knox 2011

I shut my mouth, she half-smiles, then bursts into tears.

Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010

I shut my mouth, she half-smiles, then bursts into tears.

Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010

Her lips formed the tiniest of half-smiles before she went on.

The Taste of Coins from Treasure Troves 2010

But it does come to mind now as the black guy, looking more and more uncomfortable out here on the dark abandoned streets along with this raving white-boy maniac, half-smiles and reaches in his pocket and offers X a 5 dollar bill which X, no dummy, takes and walks away.

Hotel Chelsea - Intercut 1 2010

The other guides greeted him and went back to their tinkering, but they all wore expectant half-smiles.

Polar Bear 2009

I got one “Hey,” and two or three half-smiles from passersby right before sliding into my seat just as the bell went ding ding ding.

Nothing Like You Lauren Strasnick 2009

I got one “Hey,” and two or three half-smiles from passersby right before sliding into my seat just as the bell went ding ding ding.

Nothing Like You Lauren Strasnick 2009

He punctuates his words by lurching forward at the podium, squintis at his antagonists and the half-smiles when he talks to the press as if they were stupid children.

WaPo's Richard Cohen: Bush Is A "Sentimental Softie" And A "Neo-Liberal" 2009