glance
verb (used without object)
to look quickly or briefly.
were glancing
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past progressiveof glance.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When she asked her students why they were tilting their heads up and around they explained they were glancing at the theatre itself.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2023
We were glancing around at each other, and we were spread throughout the room.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2022
Now Sharpton and Crump, who represented the family of Minneapolis police victim George Floyd and now is representing Valentina’s family, were glancing toward the doors behind them at City of Refuge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
Andreessen is tomorrow’s advance man, routinely laying out “what will happen in the next ten, twenty, thirty years,” as if he were glancing at his Google calendar.
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2015
From a certain angle, it looked as if Agatha and Pax were glancing at each other, a twin twinkle of merriment in each oil-painted eye.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
