side-glance

[ sahyd-glans, -glahns ]

noun

1. a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look:

   a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of side-glance¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

The young man, without lifting his head, gave the veteran a piteous side-glance.

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The words—the quick side glance towards the line of bush—were sufficient.

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The peasant cast a suspicious side-glance at the student, remained silent and his face assumed a somberer hue.

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I inquired, with a side-glance at Rimnez, who stood gravely apart, a statuesquely composed figure of silence.

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"Yes—the Bacillus Pyocyaneus," he said, with a faint mocking smile and a side glance at me.

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