hostile stare

Example Sentences

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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

There was the same cold, hostile stare that he had had from the boss of the fertilizer mill.

From The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton

Yet the almost hostile stare of her peculiarly-colored 125 eyes haunted Marjorie for the remainder of the evening.

From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine

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

Mahaffy, keenly alive to this fact, returned Carrington's glance with a fixed and hostile stare.

From The Prodigal Judge by Kester, Vaughan