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Discover LudwigThe phrase "In a glance" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that only requires a quick look or brief examination to fully understand. For example: I could tell by the expression on her face that something was wrong in a glance.
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In a glance I saw the fear-filled eyes of my mother and my brothers.
In a glance, the box celebrated both the end of sugar rationing (in 1953) and the rise of the Technicolor motion picture.
In a glance, it can be seen that there is no significant change of morphology taking place even at long ammoniating time of 45 min.
and all of Ceredigion, Cariad5, in a glance.
His eyes can convey a troubled history in a glance.
What, where and whom: what do we see in a glance of a scene?
He remembered a conversation about the amount of information one can absorb in a glance.
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As in her novel, Adichie manages to make strong political points in a glancing, matter-of-fact way.
But Olinda provides this in a glance-able, non-intrusive manner.
Hennessey was called into action when Ji Dong-Won sent in a glancing header.
Dillashaw throws a big hook that lands in a glancing way.
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