smile on something/someone

Examples of smiled

smiled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The publisher smiled at the illustrator of the poet who had an untidy beard.
The headmaster smiled at the pupils of the teacher who were standing in the hall.
He stared at the image, and the image smiled back sweetly at him.
Sometimes he raised up his hands, waved, smiled, and made sounds.
He smiled now, showing off the gold caps on his teeth.
As his wife saw glimpses of her husband's personality emerge, she wept and smiled, encouraging and reassuring him.
The publisher smiled at the illustrator of the writers who was dressed colorfully.
She smiled, stroked her skirt with her hands and thanked him.
Young people stared uncomprehendingly; the middleaged remembered some, but would not think of reviving them in conversation; only the old smiled nostalgically.
He grasped the cane and smiled and took it from her.
As expected, the 10-year-old children who had been high reactive were less talkative and smiled less often than the low reactives.
The doctor smiled at the nurses of the patient who were feeling very tired.
A nurse smiled at the psychiatrist of the patient who had an extremely large nose.
The man smiled at the supervisor of the clerk who was always busy.
They often smiled at the nurse and even attempted to grasp the syringe if the nurse playfully offered it to them.
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