look daggers at

Example Sentences

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She could only look daggers at him, with occasionally an expression of staring wonder at a nonchalance that disproved twenty years of authority.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

She had to dress her, and look daggers at her satin skin and royal neck, and to sit behind her an hour at a time combing and brushing her long golden hair.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various

I could only laugh and try to look daggers at Ernest, who sat looking over a magazine, apparently absorbed in its contents.

From Stepping Heavenward by Prentiss, E. (Elizabeth)

He is apt to pass his hand frequently through his "horrent locks," to frown darkly without any possible reason, and to look daggers at his landlady when invited to help himself to brown-bread toast.

From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)

I hope no one was within earshot but his brothers, who certainly did look daggers at him.

From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary