Example Sentences

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"I have been glancing over the names you put forward to take your place as Commander of the City Watch."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

"I have been glancing into some of the rooms. Let's go to Coney Island, old sport. In my car."

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

We have been glancing at the national and racial problems of the American continent and we ought now to pass on to note the form in which they are presented to us by Australasia.

From Nationality and Race from an Anthropologist's Point of View Being the Robert Boyle lecture delivered before the Oxford university junior scientific club on November 17, 1919 by Keith, Arthur

I came in a few minutes ago," he explained, in answer to my look, "and have been glancing around upstairs.

From The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

The Countess had an open volume in her hand; she appeared to have been glancing down a page which failed to strike her as interesting.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry