How do you use Scowl in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like frown or glower, plus the exact meaning.
Scowl meaning
- The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
- Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
Using Scowl
- The main meaning on this page is: The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. | Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
- Useful related words include: frown, facial expression, facial gesture, glower.
- In the example corpus, scowl often appears in combinations such as: with scowl, scowl at, scowl and.
Context around Scowl
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scowl
- In this selection, "scowl" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, trademark, little and someone stand out and add context to how "scowl" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include with a scowl and a little scowl you just. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scowl" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scowl
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mrs. Segadelli always greeted us with a scowl. (8 words)
And Trump had a terrible night, often triggered by Harris, usually with a scowl. (14 words)
It’s easy to scowl and express emotional impatience and pass it all off as spontaneous. (16 words)
Every time he says something, or she has a little scowl, you just see that she's just pissed off about everything that happened with her and where Vax is now and that she got the short end of the stick on that entire situation. (45 words)
He said the tennis-fan Speaker had presided not just as an umpire with a ‘Tony Montana scowl’ but as ‘a player in his own right’ – a reference to the Scarface mobster and an allusion to Bercow having overstepped the mark with his needless interferences. (45 words)
However, while both Boss Hogg and Uncle Jesse would scowl at the mention of the other's name, the two enjoyed a lifelong "friendship" of sorts, with one helping the other when in desperate need. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
Ayanokouji's "help" consists of getting Horikita to befriend her other classmates instead of standing on the sidelines with her trademark scowl.
Mrs. Segadelli always greeted us with a scowl.
And Trump had a terrible night, often triggered by Harris, usually with a scowl.
Every time he says something, or she has a little scowl, you just see that she's just pissed off about everything that happened with her and where Vax is now and that she got the short end of the stick on that entire situation.
In the current age of playing the legal lottery, Mann sued because the Sandusky comparison really hurt his feelings and once made someone scowl at him in public.
Jake Stringer came to the club with a scowl, a neck tattoo and a 10-page disclosure.
He looks at me with a scowl and informs me that he and my cousin are close friends and he was going to call him.
It’s easy to scowl and express emotional impatience and pass it all off as spontaneous.
He said the tennis-fan Speaker had presided not just as an umpire with a ‘Tony Montana scowl’ but as ‘a player in his own right’ – a reference to the Scarface mobster and an allusion to Bercow having overstepped the mark with his needless interferences.
That’s true, most especially, of Shahin and Shakoor’s youngest brother, Shahrouz (Mahyar Rahat-Talab), who is barely into his teens but has the fully cultivated blank scowl of a sociopath.
Citizens in many of the Socialist and post-Socialist countries I’ve visited often radiate a carefully honed cynicism (see the perfect scowl of an escalator attendant in the Moscow Metro).
Like the grumpy giants Pope and Pagan in The Pilgrim’s Progress, they then scowl in their cave, denouncing others for betraying these wrongheaded and unachievable goals.
However, while both Boss Hogg and Uncle Jesse would scowl at the mention of the other's name, the two enjoyed a lifelong "friendship" of sorts, with one helping the other when in desperate need.
Common combinations with scowl
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with scowl 5×
- scowl at 2×
- scowl and 2×
- scowl of 2×