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  • And, when he had sniffed and registered the particular odour, Jerry must growl intimidatingly and win a quick eye-glance of approval from Skipper.

    CHAPTER IX 2010

  • On that basis, she argued for sexual self-discipline, while insisting that "nothing in its proper time, place, or use, is 'common' or 'unclean,'" and that sexuality constituted "a divine ordinance, elegantly natural from any eye-glance to the vital action of penis and womb, in personal exhilaration or for reproductive uses."

    Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

  • For her first newspaper interview, she pretty much stuck to one-word answers and required frequent eye-glance reassurance from her mother.

    Alisha Chawla: Chess Princess Jan 2008

  • I understood what her looks implied and answered her with an eye-glance, “I will sacrifice my soul for thee.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • For her first newspaper interview, she pretty much stuck to one-word answers and required frequent eye-glance reassurance from her mother.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008

  • And, when he had sniffed and registered the particular odour, Jerry must growl intimidatingly and win a quick eye-glance of approval from Skipper.

    Chapter 9 1917

  • He pondered over the keen eye-glance that had met his once or twice.

    In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

  • Not a breath’s time for asking; an eye-glance reveals all the tale untold.

    The Revenge of Hamish 1909

  • At one eye-glance he could comprehend a summer's toilsome travel.

    The Rules of the Game Stewart Edward White 1909

  • And, when he had sniffed and registered the particular odour, Jerry must growl intimidatingly and win a quick eye-glance of approval from Skipper.

    Jerry of the Islands Jack London 1896

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