Converse of object

• make: The prize was given to the man who made the most hideous grimace.

• have: Instead we have either an evil grimace or a soppy look!

• bring: He could barely run and turning brought more grimaces of pain.

• see: Granted, we saw only the grimaces of the revolution.

Preposition: at

• thought: I still grimace at the thought that all my railroad career was spent under the worst type of Tory regime.

Modifying Another Word

• still: Then he just stood there facing them, still grimacing a bit from the foul taste of the gasoline.

• slightly: Nathan looked down at his injury and raised his other hand to the bandage, grimacing slightly as he touched it.

Adjective modifier

• odd: I can see his odd grimaces, and hear him swear so funnily in his speeches, as if it were but yesterday!

• ugly: I approach them and as soon as her son sees me, his face twists into an ugly grimace.

• evil: Instead we have either an evil grimace or a soppy look!

• fixed: The natural bonhomie that characterizes Venables has faded to a fixed grimace.

• many: I got so many grimaces dressed as a nun at Run For Home, I think I'll wear the same!

Modifying Another Word

• much: I did my best to maintain self-control and not grimace too much with the agony.

Preposition: in

• pain: My fears were readily confirmed when my baby's vice-like grip caused me to grimace in pain as his little mouth suckled away.

Preposition: of

• disgust: With a grimace of disgust, he began to turn away.

• pain: He could barely run and turning brought more grimaces of pain.