hostile stare
Example Sentences
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He considered Ginsburg steadily, with a cool, hostile stare in his eyes.
From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
It flew open almost immediately, and a fierce-looking little man confronted us with a hostile stare.
From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
Miss Anstruther and Susan exchanged bows—Susan's timid and frightened, Miss Anstruther's accompanied by a hostile stare and a hardening of the fat, decaying face.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham
The girl had nodded toward Joe Lorey, who was standing not far off, observing them with an unwavering and disapproving, almost definitely hostile stare.
From In Old Kentucky by Marshall, Edward
He wanted to get out of Lord Evelyn's house, out of the range of his kindly, whimsical smile and Cheriton's curious hostile stare; he wanted to be alone with Hilary, and to understand.
From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
