Example Sentences

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"Why, good goodness, Mr. Brouillard, it's practically all done for you!" he wheezed, taking in the level, mountain-enclosed valley with an appraisive eye-sweep.

From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis

Something in the steady, business-like tone, or in the shrewdly appraisive eyes, turned Bradford the potential mutineer into Bradford the possible partisan.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis

So much the president was able to note in the appraisive glance—and to remember afterward.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis

The portly thief-taker leaned back in his chair and regarded me with a coldly appraisive eye.

From Branded by Lynde, Francis

She had risen to meet him by the time he had mounted the steps, and he knew that her first glance was appraisive.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis