side-glances

And at such times Dag Daughtry, below on the for'ard deck, feigning unawareness as he went about his work, would steal side-glances up at the bridge where the captain and his passengers stared down on him, and his breast would swell pridefully, because he knew that the captain was saying: See him! that's Dag Daughtry, the human tank.

CHAPTER 1 2010

She's a spiffy American beauty, straight out of the pages of Scott Fitzgerald; he's a spry and audacious charmer, all side-glances and throwaway virtuosity.

Jewels; The Metamorphosis – review 2011

In the warm and silent car I caught side-glances of Riley looking out the window at closed shops, at emptied bars, at flashing streetlights.

Another Body Ryan Amfahr Longhorn 2011

Shaking his head, he paced faster, ignoring the side-glances from the men as they went about their work, the cool air calming him.

Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

Shaking his head, he paced faster, ignoring the side-glances from the men as they went about their work, the cool air calming him.

Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

Shaking his head, he paced faster, ignoring the side-glances from the men as they went about their work, the cool air calming him.

Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

Same patience, waiting; same muted pain; same oblique side-glances back to earth.

'The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder' 2008

The dealer made his calculation, with many side-glances at the vendor.

New Grub Street 2003

Cadfael was reminded of Brother Mark, when he was new, wary and expecting nothing but the worst of his enforced vocation; the springy, defensive gait, the too tightly folded hands in the wide sleeves, the flickering side-glances, wild and alert for trouble.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

Beringar matched his pace attentively to hers, made no effort to divert her eyes from the sorry spectacle in the ward, and cast only few and brief, but very intent, side-glances at her pale countenance.

One Corpse Too Many Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1979