As she got in, Maggie glanced up at the sky.Rufus gave a little skip and glanced up at Elizabeth.He glanced up as she came in and swept everything back into the drawer.He glanced over his shoulder, the man was coming towards him, pushing through the crowd.Dr Morse kept glancing nervously at his watch.Glancing into Neil's room, she noticed that his suitcase was packed.He pulled file after file out of a tin cabinet, glancing in and tossing them aside.I glanced back over my shoulder, at the same time looking for an escape route.By the car I glance back at the house.She glanced at Miss Poole, who was delicately holding the gourd of beer but no longer sipping.'Some of you may not be happy about what I have to say, ' he began, glancing at Janey.The doorbell rang and she started violently before glancing at her watch with a frown.Isobel glanced at her husband, and saw his face had hardened, and that his eyes were angry.

→ glance off (something) → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus glance

► see thesaurus at look 2 to read something very quickly glance at/through etc Can you glance through these figures for me? Register In everyday English, people often say take a quick look at/through etc something rather than glance at/through etc something: I took a quick look at my watch.

○ verb 1 LOOK AT to quickly look at someone or something glance at/up/down etc The man glanced nervously at his watch.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English glance glance 1 / ɡlɑːns $ ɡlæns /

Quick look over the shoulder