Example sentences for: glanced

How can you use “glanced” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He glanced at her, the world-weary eyes of Old Scotia and the prelapsarian ingenuousness of Young Picardie's meeting in a fleeting look that spanned the ages.

  • He glanced up as we passed, shook his head and uttered a terse greeting.

  • At the airport, the security officials searched his carry-on bag and even opened the toiletries kit, but just glanced at the contents and let him pass.

  • And later: “When Joanna glanced back at her friend from the door, she saw that she had her glasses perched on her nose and was staring after her with worried eyes.”

  • Anyone who's ever glanced at an issue of Commentary will recognize Frum's targets: the rights explosion, the loss of faith in institutions, the sexual revolution, the rise of the underclass, license, rudeness, etc., etc. (Interesting sign of the times: legalized abortion gets only a glancing mention, even though Roe v.


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