How to Use quizzical in a Sentence

quizzical

adjective
  • He gave me a quizzical look.
  • She raised a quizzical eyebrow when she saw what he was wearing.
  • There was a quizzical expression on his face.
  • Cue a quizzical look from Sting.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Mehta doesn’t say anything and just gives me a quizzical smile.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Richard froze and gave me a look, startled and quizzical at the same time.
    — Douglas G Adler, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
  • Jordan has a quizzical look on his face with his palms raised toward the sky.
    — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Birch, in shorts and a T-shirt, listened with a quizzical frown.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
  • There’s Frankenstein with an afro, bolts in his neck and a quizzical look.
    — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Aikman appeared to be a bit quizzical.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The nurse gave her a quizzical look and checked her file again, asking her to confirm her date of birth.
    — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • As the track played, quizzical expressions came over a few jurors’ faces.
    — Ben Sisario, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • As the man edged away, John turned back to Goresh and shot him a quizzical look.
    — Kenneth Womack, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2020
  • His sister glanced at the clock — 20 past midnight — and shot him a quizzical look.
    — Debra McKinney, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 June 2017
  • His strengths include a quizzical approach to the theater.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Some viewed him with a quizzical brow — a fair response given the treachery of dating.
    — Reina Abrevaya, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Then, in a split second, the music and their expressions change to quizzical.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2019
  • Jane saunters back and forth, bobbing up and down, and gives guests a quizzical, skeptical look.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Thornton fixed his eyes to the wall behind June’s head with a comical, quizzical look.
    — Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Mention it in the United States and the usual response is a quizzical shrug.
    — Sigrid MacRae, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • But in many academic fields, the technology is still greeted with shrugs and quizzical looks.
    — Elizabeth Gibney, Scientific American, 28 May 2018
  • The plot snakes along, full of double-crosses and blind alleys, quizzical looks and long stares at security footage.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Two weeks ago, Zaidi, made two downright outlandish claims after a quizzical series of moves.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Those kids will listen to your stories about the travails of being driven to school and look at you with a quizzical expression.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • After that, Beck embarked on a wild, and sometimes quizzical, solo career.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez fielded the ball, took a quizzical look at it and threw it to first.
    — Tim Bannon, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2019
  • As in the comedies of Jacques Tati, quizzical mischief warms up a cold environment.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • In a YouTube video, the robot’s head glances around with a quizzical expression and blinks in a way that is eerily lifelike.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
  • His pants split before the game, leaving him walking around the locker room in dress shirt and underwear, drawing quizzical looks from players.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Baker initially shot Benard a quizzical look.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026

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