sidelong
Example Sentences
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Against the committee-room grandstanding of popular memory, the series thus fashions the entire Eisenhower era from the raw materials of the closet, from subtext, secrets, sidelong glances and confidential tones.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
Right from the inaugural sidelong sneak peek, the origin — the starting point.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
On the screen was a boy, 11, in blue ear warmers and a jacket, being interviewed by one of the station’s reporters and giving a sidelong look and a sly half-grin.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022
For this ambitious session, featuring a sidelong suite and two Coleman originals, the two hornmen temper their outward tendencies by leaning back into their roots of blues and a raucous Pentecostal church gospel.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
Something about the way he kept darting sidelong glances at me made butterflies jam out in my stomach.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
