Verb (used with object) : The little boy grinned his approval of the gift.    From Dictionary.com. 

"If you shout, I'll shoot you!" said the old man, in English, grinning horribly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Three Midshipmen] Reference

"Couldn't have been better if I'd cut the orders myself," Zainal said in English, grinning at his success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freedoms Challenge]

"April fool!" called a grinning youth from the porch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman] Reference

I do not recall grinning quite so much in a cinema for a good long while.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

He would make you laugh to look at him grinning away, though one couldn't call his grinning laughing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Storynory - Stories For Kids] Reference

The book is a bit mystical as well as being a thriller as Lassie is described as grinning and being in strange places.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

The photo that has me grinning is the last one.    From Wordnik.com.  [RWA Conference] Reference

He can't be far away, and "-- grinning --" he can't get away.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference

“You win,” he said, grinning, meaning that round but not the fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kahawa]

But I didn't think 'twas too 'healthy for me down here, back along "-- grinning --" so I shifted to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hermit of Far End] Reference

And Rake, ` her horse, '"grinning:" and she to ride him so.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady of Quality] Reference

Siculus, who allege, that instead of language, they have only a kind of grinning and chattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07] Reference

"Me chambers," grinning; "top loft of a 'ouse in the court.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dawn of a To-morrow] Reference

"grinning" Chinese woman used to chase him around the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference

Yet "- grinning -" as it happened, it was well-founded, after all! Eh? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sailor On The Seas of Fate]

And that has executives at competing labels grinning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble In Paradise] Reference

"Anyone can fly it, even me," says Schneider, grinning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up in the Sky, An Unblinking Eye] Reference

Start with a grinning image of Der Kanzler, Gerhard Schroder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does This Vote Matter?] Reference

The Israeli P.M., grinning, shoved him toward the narrow door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Horseplay And High Stakes] Reference

"The hotel is fine, no damage at all," said one grinning Iraqi.    From Wordnik.com.  [A City On The Brink] Reference

He barely finished the sentence and Clinton was grinning, "Nice try.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: Never Say Never] Reference

THE ECONOMY "What a difference a year makes," says a grinning John Snow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trail Mix: Another Comeback Kid?] Reference

You've won the nomination, you're waving and grinning on every TV channel.    From Wordnik.com.  [People's Politics] Reference

"They're smiling and laughing and grinning at me and saying, 'I heard my music'.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Fantasies For An Orchestra] Reference

I turned and came face to face with a black girl of about 15, grinning ear to ear.    From Wordnik.com.  [A WHITE GUY IN HARLEM] Reference

"No need for a resolution," the French foreign minister shot back, still grinning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Powell's Bad Day] Reference

"The makeup people made the actors look really awful," Wang admits, grinning wryly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Banned In Beijing] Reference

Alex was grinning even wider, with the Bonds 'connection suddenly made real to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Major League Gentleman] Reference

East German guards grinning and slapping hands with the people streaming past them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reporter's Notebook: The Story Of A Lifetime] Reference

A tall man in a leather Stetson hat emerges from one of the trucks, grinning widely.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Despot Clings to Power] Reference

At Toots Shor's Christmas party, Joe was grinning like a kid, with the stir they caused.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference

Dixit, the host, asked if they'd come to a decision, and the grinning couple said, "Yes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Love Is A Game (Show)] Reference

The look for today's models, who don't really want grinning panthers on their arms forever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peri Picks] Reference

Grandma, sitting in her minivan in her finest handmade dress, was grinning from ear to ear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who's The Daddy? Grandma Didn't Ask.] Reference

"You already get 43 with overtime," counters Krabbe, grinning broadly from across the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Danish Conspiracy] Reference

She arrived at the airport, and spotted Hawkins immediately, grinning from across the terminal.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Geek Love Story] Reference