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Example sentences for "searching glance"

  • Eliza cast a searching glance on the dense crowd; she looked at all the pews, and yet she did not know what she was looking for, nor what alarmed her heart so much.

  • But I returned some time ago," said Francis, casting a distrustful, searching glance on Hudelist.

  • That Hofer cast from time to time a searching glance at Hormayr's letter did not disturb the admiration they felt for their chosen leader, and they were silent and stared at him long after he was through.

  • And that was one of the days, I think, when you proved the alibi in Belgium before the Devonshire magistrates at Tavistock yesterday," the clerk went on, with a searching glance.

  • Her eyes fell quickly and she shrank from her husband's searching glance.

  • Miss Ewes, never faltering, kept her keen eye fixed hard on her with a searching glance, as she ran over the keys in ever fresh combinations.

  • Beauregard for a second scanned Philip's countenance with a searching glance.

  • Rawbon turned to him with a searching glance, and, after a pause, said: "Terms.

  • Her great beauty strengthened his plan of uniting her to his oldest son, and when the latter entered the house he cast a searching glance at him.

  • The landlord gave the Canadian a searching glance.

  • The Jaguar started, and gave Loyal Heart a searching glance, which produced no effect, however, on the hunter's indifferently placid face.

  • There was a slight, tender inflection in his voice as he spoke the last words,--and Alwyn gave him a quick, searching glance.

  • When Fifine had taken in these surroundings in her quick, searching glance, she tried to discern the source of the noises she had heard.

  • The monk smiled, took a butaca, and seated himself between the two hunters, while bending a searching glance on them.

  • Father Seraphin took a searching glance at the speaker.

  • On the site of this building, anciently called the 'Long Shop,' are now erected four shops, with rooms over them.

  • The abbot said nothing, but entered the cloister hastily, and cast a searching glance in every direction.

  • Here they rested for a moment, and cast a searching glance at the building, which stood also dark and silent before them.

  • Here the sad pilgrim became silent; and Frederick fixed his eye upon him, with a searching glance, for some time.

  • The knight took the helmet from his head: his brown locks fell adown his neck: the old man gazed on him with a searching glance.

  • He caught her eye with a searching glance; her husband seemed strange to her, and abashed she sunk her head.

  • Just then there appeared on the verge of the forest a person, who stood still for a moment and cast a searching glance around, but then started at a running pace over the clearing, straightway to the forest lodge.

  • Victor did not answer, and he cast down his eyes before the searching glance of his uncle, who now paused in his walk.

  • Landsfeld started and directed a searching glance at the young engineer.

  • Left alone by the fire, Nathan took a searching glance around; the sentinels, motionless as statues of bronze, were watching as they leant on their long lances.

  • At length he reached the top of the hill, when he stopped and bent a searching glance around.

  • Black Cat took a searching glance around, and then bent down to the girl's ear.

  • Hormazd gave his interrogator a swift, searching glance, half of pity, half of disdain.

  • Take the mirror in your hand," whispered the wise woman, when they reached the portico, casting a searching glance around.

  • Basil turned to Theodora with a searching glance.

  • But then it depends on what your heart prompts," said the pacha, casting a long, searching glance at the pale countenance of the young bim bashi.

  • The pacha cast a searching glance at him.

  • Judy, looking cross for the first time, but quickly recovering herself after a searching glance at me.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "searching glance" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bursting shells; certain moments; commonly applied; converse with; each cheek; ever present; human hearts; inch square; independent state; long and; long periods; more eligible; music and; scale production; search after; searching glance; searching look; seizing the; should endeavour; special grace; subsistence crops; three successive; used also