Places are glanced at and quickly abandoned; characters appear and disappear without explanation; events swim into the field of attention and then vanish; and the connections between these things are rarely made explicit.
He glanced at me quickly and I shook my head in disbelief, while nodding in encouragement – a confusing gesture to many, but a common occurrence between Brett and me.
Once you've glanced at him quickly, look away and continue on with whatever you were doing.
"A feast," Phyllis said, glancing at him quickly and then away.
I would settle in behind the goal with my Bilz or my Chocolito, and sometimes he would glance at me quickly to be sure I was still there, and other times he would ask me, without turning around, what had happened, because that was my father's main problem as a goalie: it was why he'd never been able to go pro — his myopia was so severe that he could see only as far as the midfield.
If you are tempted to glance at him quickly, hold contact for a little longer.
I quickly glanced at the caller ID.
About a month after they began dating, she glanced at her list and quickly concluded, "He's here," she said.
With dawn fast approaching and the target minutes away, Colonel Toomey quickly glanced at a troubleshooting guide prepared by his squadron.
Then he quickly glanced at Cardinal Egan and asked, "Am I in trouble?" He said he would reach out to priests, many of whom say they find Cardinal Egan removed and imperious.
Chesky quickly glanced at my account and noticed that I would have about 40 applicable connections already.
