Sentence examples for a sharp glance from inspiring English sources

Mrs. Kim gave her a sharp glance.

Rosa Hinojosa, who was conferring with the man behind the counter, gave him a sharp glance.

Huston gave him a sharp glance, then sighed and put his long legs up on the desk.

These days, if an audience member speaks out of turn, he will usually respond not with a sharp glance but with an exaggerated eye roll, letting his mouth hang slack — the beloved grandfather momentarily regressing into a petulant adolescent.

Samples: F.D.R.'s New Deal, Truman's the buck stops here, with the buck, often a silver dollar, used to mark the position of the dealer, and stand pat, a poker locution used once by Richard Nixon as "America cannot stand pat," and stricken by his speechwriter from subsequent speeches after it drew a sharp glance from the candidate's wife.

– Jeff Gordinier Sticky Rice: A blogger in Hanoi with a short, sharp glance at streetside pork belly that left me starving.

The matron gave her a quick, sharp glance.

Heading toward a wall of windows, they make a sharp left, glance furtively into the night and continue along their paths.

As agreed, she was waiting by the cash register, and when he came through the door in his fatigues he saw her take him in with a sharp measuring glance.

The Sunday Times Colour Supplement, launched in 1962, offered 'a sharp glance at the mood of Britain'.

They walked together for half a block, then she gave a couple of sharp glances, she had followed the wrong beard.