glance
verb (used without object)
to look quickly or briefly.
Example Sentences
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But he wasn’t the only playwright working through themes of family and masculinity, and Dowling only glancingly mentions compatriots like David Mamet and August Wilson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
Fans will grab it immediately, but it should also prompt those who know him only glancingly to listen more deeply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
If you’ve spent time on the internet in the past decade or two, you’re at least glancingly familiar with cringe.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
The film is only glancingly interested in science fiction mechanics.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Around the corner of the front counter, a skinny, unsmiling lad looked up from a littered table and nodded, meeting my eyes only glancingly, then looking away.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
