2 → at a glance 3 → at first glance/sight COLLOCATIONS verbs give something/somebody a glance He gave Imran a quick glance. The brothers exchanged glances (=looked at each other quickly ). take/shoot/throw/cast a glance (at somebody) (=look at someone or something quickly ) The couple at the next table cast quick glances in our direction. sidelong/sideways glance She couldn’t resist a sidelong glance (=a look that is not direct ) at him. ○ noun 1 LOOK AT a quick look He gave her a quick glance and smiled.He glanced at Willie who had now finished writing.A glance at the mating behaviour of cats tells why.I glanced at the clock with uneasiness.Mr Jackson in his turn glanced at Janey, whose eyes began to bulge from under her prominent lids.Beatrice Varney reddened and glanced at her daughter.We all glanced at each other, saying nothing, and filed after him.Let us glance at a familiar passage of Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5.16-21.Sergia glanced at the others, then told the story.
Two weeks ago, Leavey glanced at the bank statements NationsBank was sending to Dena.I was playing with her as usual and casting furtive glances at her six heavy gold bangles.I glance up from my book to notice the apple tree heavy with ripe fruit.As she got in, Maggie glanced up at the sky.Rufus gave a little skip and glanced up at Elizabeth.He glanced up as she came in and swept everything back into the drawer.He glanced over his shoulder, the man was coming towards him, pushing through the crowd.Dr Morse kept glancing nervously at his watch.Glancing into Neil's room, she noticed that his suitcase was packed.He pulled file after file out of a tin cabinet, glancing in and tossing them aside.I glanced back over my shoulder, at the same time looking for an escape route.By the car I glance back at the house.She glanced at Miss Poole, who was delicately holding the gourd of beer but no longer sipping."Some of you may not be happy about what I have to say, " he began, glancing at Janey.The doorbell rang and she started violently before glancing at her watch with a frown.Isobel glanced at her husband, and saw his face had hardened, and that his eyes were angry.→ glance off (something) → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus glance ► see thesaurus at look 2 to read something very quickly glance at/through etc Can you glance through these figures for me? Register In everyday English, people often say take a quick look at/through etc something rather than glance at/through etc something: I took a quick look at my watch. ○ verb 1 LOOK AT to quickly look at someone or something glance at/up/down etc The man glanced nervously at his watch.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English glance glance 1 / ɡlɑːns $ ɡlæns /
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