Hence the Latin phrase, exporrigere frontem—to
unwrinkle the brow—means, to be cheerful or merry.
source
Title: The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, author: Charles Darwin, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1227/1227-h/1227-h.htm
The eyebrows and lashes had disappeared; the skin, grown hard, could not
unwrinkle.
source
Title: Beatrix, author: Honore de Balzac, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1957/1957-h/1957-h.htm