Sentence examples for distant glance from inspiring English sources

For by introducing a guide that enabled the watcher to identify the bird in its habitat at a distant glance, Mr. Peterson facilitated an important break with the past.

At the Music and Art School, over 50 years last past we sang "Now upward in wonder, our distant glance is turning, till dull and lifeless things have caught a beauty that daring dreams hath wrought".

Unfortunately, I have a crush on the Coopersteins' beautiful daughter, Nancy, and nothing will come of it, my distant glances unreciprocated.

And will you be able to identify distant acquaintances at a glance in the News Feed based on a cartoon version of their face?

And at odd moments, Brown himself can seem an uncanny figure, a goblin, a blunderer making the blackest jokes, a horned and Satanic figure caught in a glance in a distant mirror.

Its pleasant courtyard cafe-bar offers panoramic views from an upper terrace, making it a sublime spot to enjoy a cafe latte (€2.75) or local Cisk beer (€2.75) while taking a final glance at the distant city of Valletta and the Mediterranean beyond.

"It's been dramatic," Mrs Liu says, glancing at the distant city skyline.

I cast a glance north, toward the distant model of the Sun, and remembered something Kate McCartney had told me.

A glance into the not-too-distant past would have shown that when Reagan ran for governor of California in 1966, he was derided as too conservative to be elected.

To understand the historic role that various churches have played, or might play in the future, it might be helpful to cast a glance backwards, both to the recent and distant past.

Standing on Crockern's jumble of rocks, we glance back at Longaford Tor and the distant Higher White, Rough and Beardown Tors and realise that every tor we have climbed, passed or surveyed from afar has its own distinct identity.