Sentence examples for a glancing familiarity from inspiring English sources

Had you merely a glancing familiarity with Linda Fargo's work as the window director for Bergdorf Goodman, you might think: has anyone checked her serotonin levels?

Even a glancing familiarity with the literature on American public opinion shows that a very large majority of conservatives—"the other side of American politics"—approve of Social Security and Medicare, the principal institutions of the post-New Deal social safety net.

He had a glancing familiarity with parts of Brooklyn -- Cobble Hill, because he's had a girlfriend there once, and Marine Park, from the time years ago when he'd belonged to a bowling team that competed (if you could call it that) in a league out there.

Much has been made of Mr. Wainwright's operatic expertise, but his introductions, though charmingly off the cuff, suggested a more glancing familiarity (and a disinclination to prepare).

Take a glancing interest.

a glancing moment.

Luckily it was a glancing blow".

He cannot absorb even a glancing blow.

Here's an at-a-glance guide.

A glance was enough.

My parents exchanged a glance.