We gave each other occasional smiles of encouragement, as if to say: "Hang on!

But even they fail to inspire anything more than the occasional smile.

Ms. Sullivan, who can indeed summon the occasional sunny smile, turns out to be a force of nature herself.

She managed the occasional, pinched smile, but it was clearly an effort.

The scene actually reminded him of a cigarette break outside a funeral home; people are introduced, there is the occasional brief smile.

An occasional wistful smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

She saw the pain in the man's sky blue eyes and the emptiness of his occasional strained smiles.

Though there are occasional smiles, much of the material is closer to sitcom than to Second City.

But with an occasional smile last night, he seemed to enjoy being a wrestling stooge.

She let him drone on, managing an occasional smile or murmur of agreement.