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- verb To quickly look at something to the side, usually without turning one's head; to
glance sidelong. - noun A quick look at something to the side, usually without turning one's head, a sidelong
glance .
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Examples
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In other news, I had a Blonde Trifecta of celeb sightings yesterday: Hilary Swank, blondish/long pony-tail, who gave me a hint of an annoyed sideglance, but looked incredibly beautiful, in post work-out gear on Prince; Claire Danes, blonde as ever, hailing a cab on same street; and Heather Graham, who looked great and -- you guessed it -- blonde.
Archive 2005-08-01 Michelle Collins 2005
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In other news, I had a Blonde Trifecta of celeb sightings yesterday: Hilary Swank, blondish/long pony-tail, who gave me a hint of an annoyed sideglance, but looked incredibly beautiful, in post work-out gear on Prince; Claire Danes, blonde as ever, hailing a cab on same street; and Heather Graham, who looked great and -- you guessed it -- blonde.
J. Must Stand For Just-A-Bunch-Of-Disorganized-Assholes Michelle Collins 2005
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Her arm brushed slightly against his, attracting his downward sideglance.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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Her arm brushed slightly against his, attracting his downward sideglance.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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Her arm brushed slightly against his, attracting his downward sideglance.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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Her arm brushed slightly against his, attracting his downward sideglance.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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The garcon -- here he turned and burned up that individual with a fiery sideglance -- was a debased idiot and the misbegotten son of a yet greater and still more debased idiot.
Europe Revised 1910
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He cast a sideglance that reeked with hypocrisy at the young scholar.
Gänsemännchen. English Jakob Wassermann 1903
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At one point, I sideglance, and this man again, AT LEAST 45 YEARS OLD, starts FEELING UP HER CHEST RIGHT NEXT TO ME, while making EYE CONTACT -- WITH ME.
Archive 2006-01-01 Michelle Collins 2006
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Laura fidgeted in her seat, and stole a sideglance at Tilly’s profile.
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