Idiom
crack a smile
Meaning
To smile, especially while attempting not to.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The baby finally cracked a smile at his mother.”
“Even though he was trying to look serious during the meeting, he could not help but crack a smile at the joke.”
“Despite the heavy atmosphere of the funeral, the old man cracked a smile when he remembered his brother's lifelong sense of humor.”
Examples
simple
“The baby finally cracked a smile at his mother.”
contextual
“Even though he was trying to look serious during the meeting, he could not help but crack a smile at the joke.”
complex
“Despite the heavy atmosphere of the funeral, the old man cracked a smile when he remembered his brother's lifelong sense of humor.”
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