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Example sentences for "looked away"

  • I shot a glance at the slender little figure in the white robe, then I looked away.

  • I don't know, Monsieur," he answered rapidly; and he looked away again.

  • He looked away, and every time I addressed him he seemed to retreat farther into his chair, until I had fears that he would disappear altogether from my sight.

  • I looked away to the purple hills and longed to escape, but she laid her hand on mine with a gentle pressure.

  • He looked away, to cover his embarrassment, and spotted Katherine walking toward them up the beach.

  • Now he looked away, and his body seemed to wither from some grief deep within.

  • He looked away, his eyes hidden in the dark, and waited for a roll of thunder to die away.

  • He glanced up, and Keith thought he caught his gaze on him, but he was not sure, for he looked away so quickly.

  • She was with Ferdy Wickersham, who, on seeing Keith, looked away coldly.

  • The father's voice broke completely, and he looked away.

  • I looked away to the sombre hills, where she might lie waiting for him and me; but my glance ran far beyond, to the low, gray sky and to a patch of darkening sea.

  • He turned from the bottle to look at me; but I could not withstand the poignancy of his regard: I looked away--feeling some shame, for which I could not account to myself.

  • And as he turned to pull out the pad of forms, it struck him that the man had looked away just a trifle too quickly.

  • He looked away; only for a moment--but he looked away.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    away back; complete record; dormant state; little dark; looked across; looked after; looked again; looked anxiously; looked around; looked away; looked back; looked down; looked forward; looked full; looked hard; looked out; looked over; looked quite; looked round; looked upon; note here; socialist society; south wall; then roll; three estates; true theory