glances

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And for the third time that evening Claudia became the target of all sorts of glances--glances of admiration, glances of hate.

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  1. intransitive verb To direct the gaze briefly: glance at the menu; glanced in the rearview mirror.
  2. intransitive verb To move rapidly from one thing to another. Used of the eyes.
  3. intransitive verb To shine briefly; glint. See Synonyms at flash.

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  • His glances, his accents, his whole demeanor, have seemed to reproach me for the place I occupied, for the garments I wore, for the very bread I ate,--the bread of bitter, bitter charity! —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
  • That's all I got to say The sisters had exchanged according glances, and Caroline asked Stay an' set down with us? —  Country Neighbors
  • Their eyes were thrown forward in eager glances--glances in which hope and despair were strangely blended The grey, rocky bluff, that fronted them, looked parched and forbidding. —  The Boy Hunters
  • And for the third time that evening Claudia became the target of all sorts of glances--glances of admiration, glances of hate. —  Ishmael In the Depths
  • "Where am I But her glances were already answering the question. —  Mavericks
 

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