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glancing
[glan-sing, glahn-]
adjective
striking obliquely and bouncing off at an angle.
a glancing blow.
brief and indirect.
glancing references to his dubious past.
Other Word Forms
- glancingly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
“I was afraid I would be late too,” he confides, glancing at his watch, “because I had to make a quick stop at Lady Gaga’s.”
"Gaza has become a city of ghosts," he said, glancing over his shoulder.
The simulation shows that as the ship made only a glancing blow against the iceberg it was left with a series of punctures running in a line along a narrow section of the hull.
An elephant is a beautiful animal, but pick it apart and it's got a long wrinkly nose, strange side glancing eyes, huge sticking out ears and a big fat stomach.
As a clown, it’s ideal if you wear something so stupid, people laugh just glancing at you.
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