side-glance
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of side-glance
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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An apparently penniless street boy in a torn jacket carries a big woven-wicker basket on his back, casting a side-glance in hopes of scoring some work as a porter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
Reyna, who was previously sitting at the bench impassively while the assistant DA questioned Herrera, gave a side-glance toward Ed Graf at this moment.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2015
With a sly side-glance, she then broke into laughter.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2014
She was about to answer, but casting a side-glance, she cried, with a shriek: "Ah, Heaven!"
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
Such were “the vapourers,” and “the jeerers;” but these had not substance in them to live, and Jonson only cast on them a side-glance.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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