occhiolino in English:

The sun was shining straight in her eyes which made her squint. As a child she wore thick glasses and had a bad squint.

he squinted past the light

“The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield.”

I squint my eyes, trying to study if Lizabeth be making fun of me.

Harry squinted at the black alleyway

I have a bad squint.

... we've been trained to squint into this legal microscope,...