English example sentences with "glance"

Learn how to use glance in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

At a glance, he knew that the child was hungry.

At a glance I knew that he was tired.

I recognized Mr Jones at first glance.

I recognized her at first glance.

I saw at a glance that the empty house was badly in need of repair.

I saw at a glance that there was something the matter with my father.

At first glance, the question seemed easy.

Women who, at first glance, appear to be completely ordinary also don't seem to be in that much of a rush to get married.

Although Bob was in disguise, I recognized him at a glance.

I could tell at a glance that something was wrong.

A mere glance is not enough for us to tell one from the other.

However, I can't help noticing, at this moment, that at first glance it seems inevitable that the shark will devour the man.

Jane threw a glance at us.

Will you glance through this report?

Don't worry. He may look intimidating at first glance, but he's actually a very friendly person.

The two buses resemble each other at first glance.

The result was clear at a glance.

I saw at a glance that he was an ordinary man.

I knew at a glance that he was an honest man.

I recognized him at first glance.

I saw at a glance that he was an extraordinary man.

A glance at Chart 2 will reveal that some of these trade cycles are very short-lived.

One glance at his face told me that he was reluctant to work.

He stole a glance at the girl.

He saw at a glance that his daughter had been crying.

He took a glance at the papers.

He took a glance at the girl.

He gave a momentary glance to the passers by.

They hurried by without a glance.

I could tell at a glance that she was in trouble.

She took in the situation at a glance.

She took a casual glance at the book.

There's more to her than you think. She may seem pretty meek on first glance, but I get the sense she can get things done when she needs to.

She saw at a glance that her daughter had been crying.

She threw a glance at us.

She did not so much as cast glance at me.

She gave a glance at me.

She took a casual glance at her watch.

She threw a suspicious glance at him.

She cast a glance at him.

She threw a disapproving glance at me.

She shot a glance at her mother.

When Tobita gives a plan his seal of approval, the client accepts it at first glance.

I just want to glance at the paper.

Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.

This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.

At first glance this is not a bad idea.

"Well..." sighed Dima, then turned to the shopkeeper and cast her a murderous glance. "I guess I have no choice now..."

Millions of people understand Interlingua within a single glance.

The person who descended from the coach was a woman of about 22 or 23 with, if I had to say, a plain appearance. At a glance, I knew that she was a guest coming from Paris. She was alone.

I fell in love at the first glance.

At a first glance it seems easy.

A glance at the situation today only too clearly indicates that equality of opportunity as we have know it no longer exists.

You might want to glance at this.

I recognized him at a glance.

She smiled in response to his affectionate glance.

Tom and Mary both glance at John.

Take a glance at the mirror.

At first glance, they're a happy family.

Tom cast a quick glance at his watch while waiting for the elevator, wondering if he had enough time to buy a coffee before it got to his floor.

This morning, I saw at a glance that he was fancily dressed.

Tom sized up the situation at a glance.

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

He turns a withering glance to her.

Mary shrivelled Tom with one glance.

An indecipherable glance passed between them.

Now I see that I misunderstood the sentence at first glance.

Tom and Mary exchange an amused glance.

I never even gave her a second glance.

This snow-flake grew larger and larger, till at last it became the figure of a woman, dressed in garments of white gauze, which looked like millions of starry snow-flakes linked together. She was fair and beautiful, but made of ice- shining and glittering ice. Still she was alive and her eyes sparkled like bright stars, but there was neither peace nor rest in their glance.

Be careful, eyes, what you see, cause it's the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings.

He disliked her at first glance.

Dark and empty is the night if your eyes do not look at me, if your mouth does not speak, if you, girl, do not sigh, it destroys my soul, so I look at you each day, and with your quiet look, you catch another glance. (Pablo Ruiz Arrabal -a friend of mine-)

He took in the situation at a glance.

It was only a beggar-girl that had crept up to the window and stole a glance at the bright scene within.

At first glance, it might not seem that the decision of a certain Canadian Premier to include Prince Edward Island in a political tour could have much or anything to do with the fortunes of little Anne Shirley at Green Gables.

Despite being related, the two languages are very dissimilar and, at first glance, do not appear to have anything to do with each other.

I have made a special study of cigar ashes—in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject. I flatter myself that I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand either of cigar or of tobacco.

He tore himself from her as he spoke, and, flinging himself upon his horse, galloped furiously away, never even looking round, as though afraid that his resolution might fail him if he took one glance at what he was leaving.

At first glance the sand seems barren and unproductive. After a while, if you are careful not to kick up sand, you might see tiny benthic communities of tube-building worms come alive as they sweep the passing nutrient rich waters with tentacles to capture food.

"I have some papers here," said my friend Sherlock Holmes, as we sat one winter's night on either side of the fire, "which I really think, Watson, that it would be worth your while to glance over.

I saw at a glance that the last two months had been very trying ones for him.

Returning, I had to cross before the looking-glass; my fascinated glance involuntarily explored the depth it revealed. All looked colder and darker in that visionary hollow than in reality: and the strange little figure there gazing at me, with a white face and arms specking the gloom, and glittering eyes of fear moving where all else was still, had the effect of a real spirit: I thought it like one of the tiny phantoms, half fairy, half imp, Bessie’s evening stories represented as coming out of lone, ferny dells in moors, and appearing before the eyes of belated travelers.

He understands at a glance.

It was late when my friend returned, and I could see, by a glance at his haggard and anxious face, that the high hopes with which he had started had not been fulfilled.

Surprisingly, at first glance the room was empty.

Under this condition they proceeded on their way, he leading, she following, through passages dark and steep, in total silence, till they had nearly reached the outlet into the cheerful upper world, when Orpheus, in a moment of forgetfulness, to assure himself that she was still following, cast a glance behind him, when instantly she was borne away.

They roam the happy fields together now, sometimes he leading, sometimes she; and Orpheus gazes as much as he will upon her, no longer incurring a penalty for a thoughtless glance.

A glance at his daughter reminded him of the necessity of procuring her assistance.

The impression which we have necessarily been long in describing, Lucy felt in the glance of a moment.

"Don't you mind that parrot," said Mr. Harrison, casting a furious glance at Ginger. "He's . . . he's always talking nonsense. I got him from my brother who was a sailor. Sailors don't always use the choicest language, and parrots are very imitative birds."

Anne gave Gilbert a disappointed glance.

Sami took a glance at the toilet.

At first glance, the question seems simple.

At first glance, Titan looks a lot like Earth. Lakes and seas are scattered across the northern hemisphere, and occasional rains dampen its sandy surface.

We had to leave Earth to be able to take it in at a glance.

His glance makes my insides melt.

In the past, things were arranged at a glance; now we cannot do it even in war, or that's how it seems.

Tom gave Mary a sideways glance.

Mary gave Alice a sideways glance.

This problem seems simple at first glance, but actually it's fairly complicated.

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