Example Sentences

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There was no rescue act once Decordova-Reid had glanced in his hammer blow of a header and Willian had tapped home to put daylight between the sides.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022

“I had glanced at my watch. It was 9:20 and I had not spoken yet,” she said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2021

If she had glanced in the stands at her husband, Kenneth Ferguson, she would have seen him switch from grinding his teeth and squinting to smiling ear to ear.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2019

On a Saturday night in Arizona 14 months before, Miller Barber had glanced into the hotel lounge and saw the Phoenix Open leader—Knudson—hunched over a drink.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 1, 2019

Brekker had glanced back at him, his dark eyes like caverns.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo