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

And Andrea Riseborough is terrific expressing considerable disdain with just a sidelong glance.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021

Prioritizing an area with such deep pockets might garner sidelong glances from critics of big business’s influence in homelessness strategy.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021

It shapes every gesture, sidelong glance and oblique comment, turning an outwardly routine business trip into a mystery unlocked only through Keys.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021

No one else says anything, though a few of them give me sidelong glances like they’re sizing me up.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth