glancing
Example Sentences
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“I went down in the garden just before we arrived here,” answered Aunt Kitty calmly, glancing casually at her muddy skirt.
From Literature
Unfashionably for a modern biographer, Mr. Cobb makes only very brief and glancing reference to these peccadilloes.
“I don’t understand,” they say, glancing down at their EBT card.
From Salon
Someone glancing at it would see $811 million of revenue over the last four quarters.
But, guided by the kyureki calendar, “glancing outside and wondering what I might see that day has become a small daily pleasure.”
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