adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a furtive glance (= a quick secret look )
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Della gave Chris a furtive glance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
glance
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They cast furtive glances at one another.
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I was playing with her as usual and casting furtive glances at her six heavy gold bangles.
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He cast a furtive glance to left and to right.
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But it slowed her up considerably, and as time passed she found herself casting furtive glances over her shoulder.
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The man, having given another quick, furtive glance round, darted to the fence along the Botanical Gardens.
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Then he gave a furtive glance towards his companions before turning his back on them completely.
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He stole a furtive glance at Sweetheart.
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Down the empty street he hurried, with many a furtive glance to assure himself that he was not being followed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His movements were quick and furtive , and he spoke in a whisper.
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Miss Baggely appeared unconfident, almost furtive .
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She was having a furtive affair with a cameraman.
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The two girls exchanged furtive glances across the dinner table and tried hard not to giggle.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At first she thought of wolves as she listened to the furtive movement in the woods to each side of the river.
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Going and having a few meals with him didn't seem evil or furtive in any way.
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Her face had become big and vacant, the eyes sluggishly furtive , the mouth vague.
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It had been perfectly camouflaged, with its ears pulled back and its white flanks hidden by a furtive crouch.
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The people look furtive , like drug addicts, as they take them out in stacks of four or five.
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There was nothing furtive in his attitude and he would have been quite unashamed if anyone had caught him.