Idiom
knit one's brows
Meaning
To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She knits her brows when she is confused.”
“The student knitted his brows as he tried to solve the difficult math problem.”
“As the detective reviewed the contradictory evidence, he knitted his brows in deep concentration, sensing that something about the case was not quite right.”
Examples
simple
“She knits her brows when she is confused.”
contextual
“The student knitted his brows as he tried to solve the difficult math problem.”
complex
“As the detective reviewed the contradictory evidence, he knitted his brows in deep concentration, sensing that something about the case was not quite right.”
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