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Collocations for glance - noun

ADJECTIVE

backward, sidelong, sideways
She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.
brief, cursory, fleeting, quick, swift
After a cursory glance at the report he frowned.
casual
covert, furtive, nervous, surreptitious
The man walked slowly along, casting furtive glances behind him.
accusing, angry, baleful, disapproving, reproachful, scornful, sharp, suspicious, withering
Meena threw him an angry glance.
curious, puzzled, questioning, quizzical
admiring, approving
knowing
meaningful
The couple exchanged meaningful glances but said nothing.
amused, wry
anxious, nervous, worried

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VERB + glance

cast (sb), dart, give (sb/sth), have, shoot (sb), steal, take, throw (sb)
He gave her a mocking glance.
I had a quick glance at the article, but I haven't read it yet.
He stole a sidelong glance at the young woman sitting next to him on the train.
She took one last glance in the mirror and then left.
exchange
They exchanged knowing glances.
catch
I caught the teacher's glance and nearly burst into nervous laughter.
attract, draw
Their car attracted admiring glances wherever they went.

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glance + VERB

move
Her glance flickered briefly across to the group standing at the other side of the street.
meet
Their glances met, then they both looked away.
fall on sb/sth, rest on sb/sth
His glance fell on a pile of papers at one side of the desk.

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PREPOSITION

at a glance
The software allows you to see at a glance what fonts you have on the computer.
with a glance
With a quick glance at the time, she stood up and prepared to leave.
without a glance
He left without a backward glance.
glance at
A glance at my watch told me it was already past six o'clock.
glance of
He ignored my glance of disapproval.
glance over
He kept throwing nervous glances over his shoulder.

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PHRASES

at first glance
At first glance the contract seemed to be fine.

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Collocations for glance - verb

ADVERB

briefly, quickly, sharply
Norton glanced sharply at him.
anxiously, fearfully, nervously
She glanced nervously over her shoulder.
curiously
He glanced curiously around him.
covertly
He glanced covertly at his watch.
barely, hardly
She barely glanced at him.
down, up
She glanced up at him.

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VERB + glance

pause to, turn to
He turned to glance in our direction.
happen to
At that moment she happened to glance up.

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PREPOSITION

about (esp. BrE), around, round (esp. BrE)
She glanced around the room.
across, over
She glanced across to where the others were standing chatting.
at
She glanced briefly at his lapel badge.
towards/toward
He glanced towards/toward the kitchen.

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Glance is used with these nouns as the subject:
eye

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