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verb ɡlɑːnsɡlæns 1no object, with adverbial of direction Take a brief or hurried look. Ginny glanced at her watch Example sentencesExamples - He was looking around anxiously, glancing up the stairs and towards the kitchen.
- "So what are you getting, " Kace inquired as she quickly glanced up in his direction.
- Scott, driving, continued to glance in the rearview mirror to watch them.
- My mother smiled wisely, glancing upward briefly before turning her gaze to me.
- I glanced to my left and saw the tears in my mother's eyes.
- Her violet colored eyes blinked rapidly and she nervously glanced down at the clipboard.
- The stranger looked very unsettled by this, and just glanced around helplessly for a moment.
- They went back to their places mumbling and grumbling, but always taking quick glances our way.
- She stood up cautiously, briefly glancing around to make sure that everything was as it should have been.
- He glanced at his wristwatch, and decided it was time to move.
- While he was standing behind a beam he glanced upward at the windows overhead.
- The man glanced at the clock on the far wall.
- He glanced sidelong at his passenger, wondering what she was running away from.
- I saw him frown and I watched, as it grew deeper when he glanced at me for a moment before glancing back down at the photo.
- He gave a sigh of relief as she glanced at him and gave him a small smile, then glanced back down at the floor and blushed.
- The boy glanced back over his shoulder and beckoned her onwards, then disappeared into the darkness.
- Chloe then glanced down at her watch and noticed the time.
- The old man glanced in her general direction before getting back to what he had been doing earlier.
- I glanced at a kid that looked about my age who was glancing around nervously until he saw me looking at him and gave me a hard look.
- She reached the other side and stopped on the curb, then glanced back over her shoulder.
Synonyms take a quick look, look quickly, look briefly, peek, peep glimpse, catch a glimpse of Scottish keek informal sneak a look, take a gander British informal take a dekko, have a shufti, take a butcher's Australian/New Zealand informal squiz archaic glance one's eye - 1.1glance at/through Read quickly or cursorily.
I glanced through your personnel file last night Example sentencesExamples - Just a cursory glance at the brochure gives an idea of the immense undertaking this is.
- A cursory glance through the annals of history will prove this beyond doubt.
- I glanced through it quickly and stored it in my backpack.
- I watched Ellie glance through her menu, and then notice me looking at her and smiled.
- Even the most cursory glance through the voluminous correspondence they generated reveals that the duty was performed conscientiously.
- A cursory glance through her books reveals that she is no scientist.
- I haven't read it, but glancing through it, there are some pretty objectionable statements.
- I haven't read the book or even taken a cursory glance through its pages, so I'm not in any position to pass judgement on it specifically.
- I've glanced through the resolutions being debated quickly and, among the highlights.
- An hour later he glances through the newspapers, checks his email while sparing a few minutes for phone calls.
- He sighed softly and set the drink down on the table next to him to quickly glance through the mail.
- A cursory glance through the sleeve notes gives the first clue.
- I enjoy this because, as any cursory glance through my journals will attest, I use squashy, amorphous ampersands with abandon when I'm writing for no one but myself.
- But even the most cursory of glances at The Canterbury Tales will convince you that this is hardly new.
- A cursory glance through the Yellow Pages reveals that these creatures have multiplied in excess of the ability of the ecosystem to support them.
- Thus, by just taking a cursory glance through the list one notices that alloy steel has larger industrial applications in each of the segments as raw materials.
- Having this in your wallet will allow you to quickly glance at it before parting with your money.
Synonyms read quickly, scan, have a quick look, run one's eye over skim, leaf, flick, flip, thumb, browse dip into informal give something a/the once-over
2no object, with adverbial of direction Hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely. the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head Example sentencesExamples - An arrow glanced off her helmet, but the angle was too slanted to do anything more than a slight irritation.
- But the ball glanced off the top of the wall and quickly was retrieved.
- This one too fell just short of the target and glanced off a large rock.
- She laughs uncontrollably, trying to hit me and fight back, but her blows glance off.
- Before I could take two steps a fist glanced off the side of my head leaving me stunned.
- The wooden shaft was flitted with small bits of steel and iron, so it could glance off blades and other things without being split or cut.
- One shot hit the post and another glanced off the bar as the goalie stopped it.
- The sword glanced off its arm, making the beast gasp, staggering it to one knee.
- First, the axes glance off the tree, the wood is so hard to cut.
- With a last ditch effort, he managed to shove the ball up so that it glanced off his hands and away from him.
- The bullet glanced off the bear's skull, enraging rather than disabling the target.
- The bullets came down at such an angle that they hit the side of the bathtub and glanced off, and then tore through the other side.
- Smaller, lighter swords used at close distance would glance off suits of armor.
- Instead, they glance off walls at 200 mph, looking showroom fresh.
- As a matter of fact, the ball glanced off my father's arm before being swallowed up by the crowd.
Synonyms ricochet, rebound, be deflected fly, bounce graze, clip, make contact with Billiards & Pool cannon, carom rare resile - 2.1 (of light) reflect off something with a brief flash.
sunlight glanced off the curved body of a dolphin Example sentencesExamples - Sunlight glances off the water and shatters against the glass.
- It stands towering over the landscape, the sun's rays glancing off the polished superstructure to dance upon the gently rippling waters of the canal below.
- The moon glanced off of the young woman's long, white-blonde hair, making it glow with ghostly light.
- The light spilling from the windows glanced off his hair, making it look like white gold.
- I walk out into the open, where Josh can see me clearly, with the moonlight glancing off my sleek fur coat.
- For instance, a light hit might glance off an opponent's armor, while a stronger or critical hit will stagger your enemy.
- It glances off Quinn's blade and reflects onto the wall in front of Danny.
- A ray of sunlight glanced off the walls of the castle on the shores of Edinample, lighting up its whiteness against the surrounding trees.
- The sun sent rays glancing off their smooth surfaces, which cascaded colors throughout the beautiful city.
- He turned to his right and squinted, just barely catch the sunlight glancing off her night-black hair.
- Shards of sunlight glanced off the remains of windows, reminding me of my mother.
- It bathed his black-clad figure with eerie, blood-colored light that glanced off the silver circlet binding his black hair.
- The gentle rays glanced over his blond locks, turning them into glistening sliver and gold.
- The Chinooks are closest and I can see the moonlight glancing off their huge, drooping 30 ft rotor blades.
Synonyms reflect, flash, gleam, glint, glitter, glisten, glimmer, shimmer, flicker, sparkle, twinkle rare coruscate - 2.2with object and adverbial of direction (in ball games) deflect (the ball) slightly with a delicate contact.
he glanced the ball into the corner of the net Example sentencesExamples - His cross was nicely placed for the young striker to glance the ball past the goalie, raise the spirits of the home support and signal the charge for the final period of the game.
- He met the free kick with his head and glanced the ball into the net.
- With a fine header of the ball, he demonstrated his ability by rising highest to glance the ball past Brown.
- That free kick was precisely judged and the blond mane of the skipper flashed at the ball to glance it securely home.
- In fact, the defence was missing en mass when he got on the end of a well-timed cross to glance the ball home with his head at the near post.
- 2.3Cricket with object Deflect (the ball) with the bat held slantwise; play such a stroke against (the bowler)
Simpson glanced Statham's fourth ball Example sentencesExamples - Shuffled across his stumps to glance, but the ball brushed leg stump to give him his fifth wicket.
- Eventually he did get to three figures, glancing King to the fine-leg fence.
noun ɡlɑːnsɡlæns 1A brief or hurried look. Example sentencesExamples - People are distracted, throwing furtive glances over their shoulders.
- A tentative glance around the room assured her she wouldn't be noticed.
- Two cops walk in; one takes a cursory glance at the menu and orders a French dip.
- A closer glance told me it was Angelo.
- I waited for a few girls to come down the stairs, smiled distractedly at their approving glances, and then hurried upstairs.
- This is but a brief glance back into how our ancestors managed to live without electricity or many of the mod cons we have today.
- Her eyes were vacant, and the three newcomers exchanged questioning glances.
- Feeling very frustrated I snuck a glance at my clock, 1: 26.
- Just before I rounded the corner I spared the house one last glance in my rear view mirror.
- A glance at his watch told him that it was way past dinner time.
- Without a word or a glance around the room he sat down by himself.
- She smiles, even before turning to him, and then casts a sidelong glance in his direction.
- I kept shooting nervous glances at the clock.
- Avery cast a long, sideways glance in his direction and glared at him.
- There were no shrieks of protest; just a sidelong, questioning glance.
- Feeling slightly awkward, she threw a puzzled glance over her shoulder.
- The briefest of glances in her direction found her to be still looking at me, still silent.
- John stole a quick glance over his shoulder.
- She took a glance back at the girls, who all paid close attention.
- Rachel gave herself a last glance in the mirror before she left for the party.
Synonyms peek, peep, brief look, quick look glimpse Scottish keek French coup d'œil informal gander British informal dekko, shufti, butcher's Australian/New Zealand informal squiz, geek New Zealand informal Jack Nohi 2archaic A flash or gleam of light. fish … sporting with quick glance, Show to the Sun their wav'd coats Synonyms flash, gleam, glitter, glint, glimmer, shimmer, flicker, sparkle, twinkle 3Cricket
A stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball slightly. Example sentencesExamples - The short boundaries looked even smaller with his glances, off-drives and swings through midwicket.
- He was a strong left-handed batsman who scored all around the wicket, but had a preference to square cuts, hooks and deft leg glances.
Phrases Immediately upon looking. she saw at a glance what had happened Example sentencesExamples - To conclude, one of the so-called benefits of adopting the euro has always been that prices can be compared across frontiers at a glance.
- It'll be a way of showing - at a glance - what I have learned, experienced and discovered over this past year.
- Even experts can't tell if they are real or fake at a glance.
- The applications tell you at a glance which of your colleagues are available at any one time and exchanging information becomes an effortless breeze.
- Overground buses serving each of the major routes in and around Leeds are colour coded so passengers can tell at a glance exactly where a bus is travelling.
- Use bold type for emphasis, use spaces between lines and points so that it's easy to see the essence of your message at a glance.
- Hang them on a pegboard so that you can see at a glance what you have.
- Divide the number of calls by the number of operators, and you could see at a glance how ‘efficiently’ your centre was operating.
- When late blight is first identified in an area, the information is entered on a map so that the location and date of the outbreak is obvious at a glance.
- Yet I want all the stories to be right there, at a glance, preferably with the author's name and a title for the story.
he had glanced his eye over all the folios of my copy Example sentencesExamples - As he glanced his eye rapidly over the fatal list, he was much moved at finding there the names of more than one who had some claim to consideration in the army.
- Initially, I had glanced my eye over the weight-loss plan and dismissed it as a passing fad - and, more importantly, a grossly unhealthy one.
- When I landed on the hard ground I murmured at the mean treatment of the sheep, and, glancing my eye upward, saw him looking at me from the roof of the house.
- At first glance my eye goes up to that ball of flame on the right.
- But the momentary apprehension was dispelled by hope and valour; and every man, says the marshal of Champagne, glanced his eye on the sword or lance which he must speedily use in the glorious conflict.
- ‘Indeed, your example is an unfortunate one for your argument,’ said Holmes, taking the paper and glancing his eye down it.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'rebound obliquely'): probably a nasalized form of obsolete glace in the same sense, from Old French glacier 'to slip', from glace 'ice', based on Latin glacies. Rhymes advance, Afrikaans, à outrance, chance, dance, enhance, entrance, faience, France, lance, mischance, outdance, perchance, prance, Provence, stance, trance noun ɡlɑːnsɡlæns mass nounA shiny black or grey sulphide ore of lead, copper, or other metal. Example sentencesExamples - It is usually assumed that when lead glance is opened up with nitric and tartaric acids and water, the silver remains in solution as nitrate.
Origin Late Middle English: from German Glanz 'brightness, lustre'; compare with Dutch glanserts 'glance ore'. verbɡlansɡlæns 1Take a brief or hurried look. Ginny glanced at her watch Example sentencesExamples - He was looking around anxiously, glancing up the stairs and towards the kitchen.
- The boy glanced back over his shoulder and beckoned her onwards, then disappeared into the darkness.
- The stranger looked very unsettled by this, and just glanced around helplessly for a moment.
- He glanced at his wristwatch, and decided it was time to move.
- Scott, driving, continued to glance in the rearview mirror to watch them.
- She reached the other side and stopped on the curb, then glanced back over her shoulder.
- While he was standing behind a beam he glanced upward at the windows overhead.
- I glanced to my left and saw the tears in my mother's eyes.
- The man glanced at the clock on the far wall.
- They went back to their places mumbling and grumbling, but always taking quick glances our way.
- I saw him frown and I watched, as it grew deeper when he glanced at me for a moment before glancing back down at the photo.
- Her violet colored eyes blinked rapidly and she nervously glanced down at the clipboard.
- I glanced at a kid that looked about my age who was glancing around nervously until he saw me looking at him and gave me a hard look.
- He gave a sigh of relief as she glanced at him and gave him a small smile, then glanced back down at the floor and blushed.
- The old man glanced in her general direction before getting back to what he had been doing earlier.
- My mother smiled wisely, glancing upward briefly before turning her gaze to me.
- She stood up cautiously, briefly glancing around to make sure that everything was as it should have been.
- "So what are you getting, " Kace inquired as she quickly glanced up in his direction.
- Chloe then glanced down at her watch and noticed the time.
- He glanced sidelong at his passenger, wondering what she was running away from.
Synonyms take a quick look, look quickly, look briefly, peek, peep - 1.1glance at/through Read quickly or cursorily.
I glanced through your personnel file last night Example sentencesExamples - A cursory glance through the annals of history will prove this beyond doubt.
- I've glanced through the resolutions being debated quickly and, among the highlights.
- I enjoy this because, as any cursory glance through my journals will attest, I use squashy, amorphous ampersands with abandon when I'm writing for no one but myself.
- An hour later he glances through the newspapers, checks his email while sparing a few minutes for phone calls.
- A cursory glance through the Yellow Pages reveals that these creatures have multiplied in excess of the ability of the ecosystem to support them.
- I haven't read it, but glancing through it, there are some pretty objectionable statements.
- I watched Ellie glance through her menu, and then notice me looking at her and smiled.
- Having this in your wallet will allow you to quickly glance at it before parting with your money.
- I haven't read the book or even taken a cursory glance through its pages, so I'm not in any position to pass judgement on it specifically.
- A cursory glance through the sleeve notes gives the first clue.
- He sighed softly and set the drink down on the table next to him to quickly glance through the mail.
- Just a cursory glance at the brochure gives an idea of the immense undertaking this is.
- Thus, by just taking a cursory glance through the list one notices that alloy steel has larger industrial applications in each of the segments as raw materials.
- A cursory glance through her books reveals that she is no scientist.
- I glanced through it quickly and stored it in my backpack.
- But even the most cursory of glances at The Canterbury Tales will convince you that this is hardly new.
- Even the most cursory glance through the voluminous correspondence they generated reveals that the duty was performed conscientiously.
Synonyms read quickly, scan, have a quick look, run one's eye over
2Hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely. the stone glanced off a crag and hit Tom on the head Example sentencesExamples - An arrow glanced off her helmet, but the angle was too slanted to do anything more than a slight irritation.
- The wooden shaft was flitted with small bits of steel and iron, so it could glance off blades and other things without being split or cut.
- With a last ditch effort, he managed to shove the ball up so that it glanced off his hands and away from him.
- First, the axes glance off the tree, the wood is so hard to cut.
- She laughs uncontrollably, trying to hit me and fight back, but her blows glance off.
- The bullet glanced off the bear's skull, enraging rather than disabling the target.
- Instead, they glance off walls at 200 mph, looking showroom fresh.
- The bullets came down at such an angle that they hit the side of the bathtub and glanced off, and then tore through the other side.
- This one too fell just short of the target and glanced off a large rock.
- Before I could take two steps a fist glanced off the side of my head leaving me stunned.
- Smaller, lighter swords used at close distance would glance off suits of armor.
- The sword glanced off its arm, making the beast gasp, staggering it to one knee.
- As a matter of fact, the ball glanced off my father's arm before being swallowed up by the crowd.
- One shot hit the post and another glanced off the bar as the goalie stopped it.
- But the ball glanced off the top of the wall and quickly was retrieved.
Synonyms ricochet, rebound, be deflected - 2.1 (of light) reflect off something with a brief flash.
sunlight glanced off the curved body of a dolphin Example sentencesExamples - It bathed his black-clad figure with eerie, blood-colored light that glanced off the silver circlet binding his black hair.
- The moon glanced off of the young woman's long, white-blonde hair, making it glow with ghostly light.
- The Chinooks are closest and I can see the moonlight glancing off their huge, drooping 30 ft rotor blades.
- A ray of sunlight glanced off the walls of the castle on the shores of Edinample, lighting up its whiteness against the surrounding trees.
- Shards of sunlight glanced off the remains of windows, reminding me of my mother.
- He turned to his right and squinted, just barely catch the sunlight glancing off her night-black hair.
- The gentle rays glanced over his blond locks, turning them into glistening sliver and gold.
- It glances off Quinn's blade and reflects onto the wall in front of Danny.
- Sunlight glances off the water and shatters against the glass.
- For instance, a light hit might glance off an opponent's armor, while a stronger or critical hit will stagger your enemy.
- The light spilling from the windows glanced off his hair, making it look like white gold.
- I walk out into the open, where Josh can see me clearly, with the moonlight glancing off my sleek fur coat.
- The sun sent rays glancing off their smooth surfaces, which cascaded colors throughout the beautiful city.
- It stands towering over the landscape, the sun's rays glancing off the polished superstructure to dance upon the gently rippling waters of the canal below.
Synonyms reflect, flash, gleam, glint, glitter, glisten, glimmer, shimmer, flicker, sparkle, twinkle - 2.2with object and adverbial of direction (in ball games) deflect (the ball) slightly with a delicate contact.
he glanced the ball into the corner of the net Example sentencesExamples - That free kick was precisely judged and the blond mane of the skipper flashed at the ball to glance it securely home.
- His cross was nicely placed for the young striker to glance the ball past the goalie, raise the spirits of the home support and signal the charge for the final period of the game.
- He met the free kick with his head and glanced the ball into the net.
- In fact, the defence was missing en mass when he got on the end of a well-timed cross to glance the ball home with his head at the near post.
- With a fine header of the ball, he demonstrated his ability by rising highest to glance the ball past Brown.
nounɡlansɡlæns 1A brief or hurried look. Example sentencesExamples - Without a word or a glance around the room he sat down by himself.
- This is but a brief glance back into how our ancestors managed to live without electricity or many of the mod cons we have today.
- Just before I rounded the corner I spared the house one last glance in my rear view mirror.
- John stole a quick glance over his shoulder.
- A tentative glance around the room assured her she wouldn't be noticed.
- The briefest of glances in her direction found her to be still looking at me, still silent.
- She took a glance back at the girls, who all paid close attention.
- I kept shooting nervous glances at the clock.
- Avery cast a long, sideways glance in his direction and glared at him.
- There were no shrieks of protest; just a sidelong, questioning glance.
- A glance at his watch told him that it was way past dinner time.
- Feeling slightly awkward, she threw a puzzled glance over her shoulder.
- People are distracted, throwing furtive glances over their shoulders.
- Feeling very frustrated I snuck a glance at my clock, 1: 26.
- Her eyes were vacant, and the three newcomers exchanged questioning glances.
- She smiles, even before turning to him, and then casts a sidelong glance in his direction.
- A closer glance told me it was Angelo.
- Two cops walk in; one takes a cursory glance at the menu and orders a French dip.
- Rachel gave herself a last glance in the mirror before she left for the party.
- I waited for a few girls to come down the stairs, smiled distractedly at their approving glances, and then hurried upstairs.
Synonyms peek, peep, brief look, quick look 2archaic A flash or gleam of light. fish … sporting with quick glance, Show to the Sun their wav'd coats Synonyms flash, gleam, glitter, glint, glimmer, shimmer, flicker, sparkle, twinkle
Phrases Immediately upon looking. she saw at a glance what had happened Example sentencesExamples - Divide the number of calls by the number of operators, and you could see at a glance how ‘efficiently’ your centre was operating.
- Yet I want all the stories to be right there, at a glance, preferably with the author's name and a title for the story.
- Even experts can't tell if they are real or fake at a glance.
- Hang them on a pegboard so that you can see at a glance what you have.
- Use bold type for emphasis, use spaces between lines and points so that it's easy to see the essence of your message at a glance.
- When late blight is first identified in an area, the information is entered on a map so that the location and date of the outbreak is obvious at a glance.
- The applications tell you at a glance which of your colleagues are available at any one time and exchanging information becomes an effortless breeze.
- Overground buses serving each of the major routes in and around Leeds are colour coded so passengers can tell at a glance exactly where a bus is travelling.
- It'll be a way of showing - at a glance - what I have learned, experienced and discovered over this past year.
- To conclude, one of the so-called benefits of adopting the euro has always been that prices can be compared across frontiers at a glance.
When seen or considered briefly and for the first time. good news, at first glance, for frequent travellers Example sentencesExamples - But it is not the huge caricature the townies would take it for at first glance.
- It looked very tough at first glance but when I worked out what they were looking for, I settled down.
- Her clever collage and striking photographs are, at first glance, simple and beautiful.
- This difference, which seems subtle at first glance, is actually quite dramatic.
- As would be expected, however, there is much more going on within the picture than is apparent at first glance.
- This seems to offer little guidance at first glance, however some common ground is starting to emerge.
- What may seem odd and unstructured at first glance, he insists, will soon seem fun and spontaneous.
- A grotesque formation vase catches the attention of guests at first glance.
- Some hotels, for example, can, at first glance, still seem locked in the 1950s.
- Maybe he was older than he looked at first glance in the dark, and possibly drunk?
Synonyms on the face of it, on the surface, at first sight, to the casual eye, to all appearances, to go by appearances, to judge by appearances
he had glanced his eye over all the folios of my copy Example sentencesExamples - Initially, I had glanced my eye over the weight-loss plan and dismissed it as a passing fad - and, more importantly, a grossly unhealthy one.
- But the momentary apprehension was dispelled by hope and valour; and every man, says the marshal of Champagne, glanced his eye on the sword or lance which he must speedily use in the glorious conflict.
- At first glance my eye goes up to that ball of flame on the right.
- When I landed on the hard ground I murmured at the mean treatment of the sheep, and, glancing my eye upward, saw him looking at me from the roof of the house.
- ‘Indeed, your example is an unfortunate one for your argument,’ said Holmes, taking the paper and glancing his eye down it.
- As he glanced his eye rapidly over the fatal list, he was much moved at finding there the names of more than one who had some claim to consideration in the army.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘rebound obliquely’): probably a nasalized form of obsolete glace in the same sense, from Old French glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies. nounɡlænsɡlans A shiny sulfide ore of lead, copper, or other metal. Example sentencesExamples - It is usually assumed that when lead glance is opened up with nitric and tartaric acids and water, the silver remains in solution as nitrate.
Origin Late Middle English: from German Glanz ‘brightness, luster’; compare with Dutch glanserts ‘glance ore’. |