backward glance
Frequency: 6.54.1 per million words
a look back, often while leaving
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Examples (10)
- He left without a backward glance.
- She cast a backward glance at the house before closing the gate.
- With one backward glance, he stepped onto the train.
- Not even a backward glance was spared as they drove away.
- The hero paused, threw a backward glance, and walked on.
- I stole a backward glance over my shoulder.
- There was a quick backward glance, then silence.
- He gave the city a final backward glance at dawn.
- We continued up the trail, not a backward glance between us.
- She couldn’t resist a backward glance toward the stage curtain.