glower
verb (used without object)
to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
were glowering
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past progressiveof glower.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 East and West were glowering in immobilized anger, Hammarskjold quietly slipped into Peking in 1955 and negotiated the release of 15 captive U.S. flyers.
From Time Magazine Archive
All these were glowering upon me with a very whirlwind of hate and vengeance, and I—whau!—I was as a man who had died ten deaths.
From The Induna's Wife by Bertram Mitford
These valorous stiffs were glowering, really dangerous at last.
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
The two elderly men were glowering at her; Sam, white as his shirt and limp, was hanging his head.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
