look daggers

Example Sentences

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But the flock never stopped—on it went and all that the goody and the man did was to look daggers at the smith for making fun of them.

From East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon by Thorne-Thomsen, Gudrun

Mrs. Barr, on this, ceased to look daggers and substituted icicles; but on the hateful beauty moving away, dropped the icicles, and resumed the poniards.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

I could only laugh and try to look daggers at Ernest, who sat looking over a magazine, apparently absorbed in its contents.

From Stepping Heavenward by Prentiss, E. (Elizabeth)

He was very musical, you know; he'd look daggers at you if you happened to sneeze in the middle of one of his Beethoven sonatas.

From The Story of Julia Page by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

Enyhow, I know ye've got to come to city ways when ye're to the city; folks kinder look daggers at ye ef ye don't.

From Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls by Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe)