Yvonne Strahovski

I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.

Australian Actress

Maneet Chauhan

Only one thing is certain: every time I return to New York from Nashville, I walk down the streets with a silly grin, just smiling at everyone I see and, more often than not, receiving a suspicious glance in return... but honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way, y'all!

Indian Chef

Parker Stevenson

Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.

American Actor

Jean Baudrillard

The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.

French Sociologist

Madeleine Stowe

Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.

American Actress

Ronan Keating

It's that kind of Dublin mentality: you just have to grin and bear some things.

Irish Artist

Ogden Nash

The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

American Poet

Wavy Gravy

I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.

American Activist

Winston Churchill

British Statesman

Henry Fielding

English Novelist

Use 'grin' when describing scenes with joy, amusement, or satisfaction.

Joyful Context

'Grin' may imply a playful, mischievous attitude when paired with certain contexts.

Mischievous Nuance

A 'grin' specifically involves showing teeth, unlike a regular smile.

Visible Teeth

A 'grin' often shows greater happiness or satisfaction than a standard smile.

Expression Intensity

Use 'grin' to vividly describe a character's facial expression in narratives.

Describing Faces

A 'grin' implies a positive reaction to situations, jokes, or conversations.

Positive Reaction

'Grin and bear it' is used when facing a tough situation bravely, without complaining.

Endure Difficulty

The phrase suggests hiding your true feelings of discomfort or dissatisfaction.

Concealed Discomfort

Shows emotional resilience or strength in unpleasant circumstances.

Emotional Strength

 the most powerful hallucinogen, known to man. Which is probably why I'm grinning so much in that picture. What I didn't have is any form of spiritual connection with the rainforest because I don't have a spiritual connection with anything. I'm the least spiritual person in the world.

Inside the Amazon: A...

 always paid the recording back and let the singers listen to themselves on a little earphone blank astonishment was always followed by huge grins of delight you tried to explain what we were doing was they couldn't understand it what we could do was turn a switch and then use

Listening To Recorded...

 He said, "Sometimes I think the Fates must grin as we denounce them and insist the only reason we can't win, is the Fates themselves have missed. Yet there lives on the ancient we win or lose within ourselves. The shining trophies on our shelves can never win tomorrow's game.

The difference between...

 I've been documenting the strange lives of the world's slowest mammal for the last 10 years. I still remember the first time I saw one. I was fascinated by their freaky biology. I mean, what's not to love about an animal that's born with a fixed grin on its face?

Sloths! The strange life...

 the head holder, a wire frame that would hide behind you while supporting your head. It's also why you don't see people smiling in early photographs. It's not that life was that bad, it was just hard to keep a steady grin for more than a few seconds,

Illuminating photography:...

 that cause its user to smile. When the A.I. becomes superintelligent, it realizes that there is a more effective way to achieve this take control of the world and stick electrodes into the facial muscles of humans to cause constant, beaming grins.

What happens when our...

 but shame lingered as an aftertaste. And in an attempt to reintroduce me to sanctity, my mother told me of the miracle I was, said I could grow up to be anything I want. I decided to be a boy. It was cute. I had snapback, toothless grin,

Lee Mokobe: A powerful...

 and went after life with so much energy and an ear-to-ear grin. Now, in my years of working with kids with critical illnesses at camp, I was often lauded, but that just always felt unnecessary and backwards,

Live Drawings of the...

 one of my mentors said to me one day. He meant it as a compliment. "Yeah, I guess you're right," I grinned back pseudo-shyly, as I took said compliment and placed it on my head like a half-cocked crown.

Daniel J. Watts: To...

 is a companion on our journey and something of our shared stewardship with the world around us I I particularly like the kid with the fire stick no wonder he's grinning

Grin

To smile widely showing your teeth.

Often appears as...

A wide smile showing your teeth.

Often appears as...

Grin and bear it means to accept a difficult situation without complaining.

Often appears as...

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Joyful Context

Mischievous Nuance

Visible Teeth

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