hostile stare
Example Sentences
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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
She paused at the door with her hand on the knob, and her eyes fixed him through and through with a glittering, hostile stare.
From Black Jack by Brand, Max
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)
He turned to the mantelpiece for his tobacco-jar, and Rosa, after standing for some time at the "ready" with a hostile stare, cleared her throat noisily and withdrew.
From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
Yet his eagerness did not trip him into carelessness, and so long as the guards could see, he greeted me with a hostile stare.
From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott
