Example Sentences

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He was glowering through pink-rimmed eyes under his combover, every inch the mean man everyone avoids at the retirement home.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2024

My colleagues were silent and when I turned round I realized why: Eliot had come into the room and was glowering at me.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019

When she looked up again, she saw that the professor had stopped speaking and was glowering angrily at her.

From Forbes • Apr. 1, 2015

By dawn, he was glowering at television reports showing water-wasting automatic sprinklers whirring in the rain behind at the scene of mudslides and floods.

From US News • Dec. 16, 2014

The way the old satyr was glowering, Leo almost wondered if the coach was going to order him to do push-ups.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan