Sentence examples for with a wry glance from inspiring English sources

My bosom is mentioned in nearly every scene," Olivia Poulet says, with a wry glance at her lack of cleavage.

Many parents would look at this fact with a wry sideways glance and an eyebrow raised, but I have held onto it for dear life.

The grandly successful Martin Beck series of one-off dramas have wisely been bought by BBC4, not before time, and gritty Peter Haber (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) acts his wrinkled socks off, if only with wry glances and a supreme lack of emotion, even when finding the kind of clue which would have most of us punching the air, if not the entire ozone layer.

"Well," he said with a wry smile.

"Oh," he said with a wry grin.

The reply came with a wry smile.

"Gamesmanship," he says with a wry grin.

She became adept at deflecting critics with a wry joke.

Why not? "Bravado," he said with a wry smile.

Ms. Jordan dismissed questions about safety with a wry rejoinder.

"I asked for it," Soros said, with a wry smile.