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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a side glance at" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quick or casual look at something or someone, often implying a lack of deep focus or attention.
Example: "During the meeting, she cast a side glance at her watch, indicating her impatience."
Alternatives: "a quick look at" or "a brief glance at".
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His "Nation of Devils" focuses on Britain and America, with a side glance at South Korea and Scandinavia.
400 cals and counting is the long but glittering Children of the Sun by Martin Green - a side glance at English culture after 1918.
I knew without asking that his unwelcome attention had been snagged by my black Saudi costume… I took a side glance at Osama and saw that he was intently studying the curious man.
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"You're still the best," a stranger tells her, to which Stritch gives a side glance and grunts, "Still, eh?" Karasawa pokes at the self-deprecation until it reveals itself as something far more perilous.
Even though her mother and I talked a few more minutes, Virginia the 4th grader previously a calm, articulate news anchor in training remained a shy shadow, shooting side glances at me out of the corner of her eyes.
And then she tilted her face slightly to one side, glanced at the room (really nothing but two chairs and a heating unit lit with stark neon), and made a face that seemed to admit: Maybe for you, as a father, this is a trying test, though it's certainly nothing compared with a bone-marrow biopsy, a spinal tap, or the claustrophobia of the MRI ring.
He stood there half turned away, with nervous side glances at her, but avoiding her eyes, which afflicted him.
Meanwhile, for all its mordant satirical side glances at what Mitt Romney's America might be like, "The Hunger Games" gives pleasure because of its spooks.
The first half of the book is dedicated to inching Conan Doyle through his early years, though occasional side glances at Houdini suggest his childhood was considerably more colourful.
And Arman and I are side glancing at Yelp these days.
A more de facto inclusion of the child is needed to provide family-protection according to the mandate, and not adult-protection with only a side- glance at the child.
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