glanced

VERB

look at briefly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flash flip through peek peer scan

STRONG

browse gaze glimpse peep see view

WEAK

check out dip into get a load of leaf through riffle through run over run through skim through take a gander take in thumb through

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore

WEAK

stare

VERB

reflect light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flash

STRONG

coruscate gleam glimmer glint glisten glitter shimmer shine sparkle twinkle

Antonyms

STRONG

dull

WEAK

stare

VERB

ricochet, hit off of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bounce carom dart kiss skim skip

STRONG

brush careen contact graze rebound scrape shave sideswipe slant slide strike touch

Antonyms

WEAK

stare

Example Sentences

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Glanced at one way, this was an appealing panacea; another way, it was quite an ask.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2020

Glanced at Cady with her elbows on the floury countertop, and then checked his watch again.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

He held the hound in silken band, The merlin perched upon his hand, And frolic, mirth and wayward glee Glanced in the heart of Romillé.

From A Book for the Young by French, Sarah

Glanced up from the water through the stern, knocked up the taffrail, and then went forward: just missed the mast, but hit the windlass.

From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

Then, wandering, Lordly he traversed courts and corridors, Paced beneath vaults of gold on shining floors, Glanced at the throne deserted, stalked from hall To hall—green, yellow, crimson—empty all!

From Poems by Hugo, Victor