SIDELONG


Meaning of SIDELONG in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a sidelong/sideways glance (= a way of looking by moving your eyes to the side )

Christina gave her husband a sidelong glance.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

glance

I cast a sidelong glance , to see if she's noticed.

But a few sidelong glances revealed them to be He-Shes.

She cast a sidelong glance at Fen.

Afterwards, in the changing room, everyone shoots sidelong glances at Lil.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Cynan flew to pin the struggling legs, and Meurig slid sidelong through the trees to help him.

He kept watching her with a delighted, sidelong smile as if she constantly astonished him.

He looked sidelong at her with a quick smile, and she frowned and nodded his attention quickly towards the stranger.

I cast a sidelong glance, to see if she's noticed.

Jean-Claude's sidelong half-smile had felt congratulatory.

She cast a sidelong glance at Fen.

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