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grimace

Neurology A humorless facial 'mask' typically seen in Pts with catatonia. See Amimia.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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But his unusual methods appeared to concern the Queen, who stepped back and grimaced as the pan containing the mixture began to smoke as the liquid nitrogen was added.
Trapped inside the TV set like asylum inmates, a group of unitard-clad dancers grunted and grimaced through a series of silly-strange vignettes.
As she escorted clients to the back patio, there was a horrible screeching sound echoing across the water; and Dumbaugh's clients held their ears and grimaced, asking what in the world could emit such ghastly noises.
So bad was the pain that he grimaced his way through the election campaign like a brave little soldier.
She grimaced: "We'd like to ban that book," she said unhappily, then ordered the chopped salad.
In the wintertime he would've Grimaced and spat it out.
Gingerly holding the spiny anteater, named Spike, the royal grimaced and yelped: ``It's pretty feisty.''
A DETECTIVE has told a murder trial how a courageous spinster grimaced in pain in her hospital bed as she gave evidence to try to catch her killer.
When I asked how he would do that without a license, he assured me the job was `deep in the woods' where no one would see." I grimaced. "Still, the more I study, the more I think the courts are wrong.
As the dancers crouched and grimaced, they seemed to be commenting on the life cycle of a central figure commandingly portrayed by Akeno Ashikawa.