glancing
/ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/ adjective B2- Making superficial, obtuse contact with something. · His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.
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The Lion at once passed through the door, and glancing around saw, to his surprise, that before the throne was a Ball of Fire, so fierce and glowing he could scarcely bear to gaze upon it.
“You see,” continued he, glancing toward the grate, where fragments of burnt paper fluttered in the flames, “the letter is destroyed; you and I alone know of its existence; should you, therefore, be questioned, deny all knowledge of it—deny it boldly, and you are saved.”
“We’ve time yet,” said the inspector, glancing at his watch.
“It is eight o’clock now,” I said, glancing at my watch.
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