Example Sentences

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Through all of this a G.I. had been glowering.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this question I saw Emma, who had been glowering in a corner, rise from her chair and stalk out of the room.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

"Is that all?" demanded Sally from the corner in which she had been glowering.

From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna

“Uh, you was surprised, was ye?” snarled Swope, who had been glowering at him malignantly through his long recital.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

"Thank God, I didn't!" said Larry; he had been glowering at his picture, but as he spoke he wheeled round, and sat down beside Christian on the long billiard-room sofa.

From Mount Music by Ross, Martin