cold gleam
Frequency: 7.04.2 per million words
an unfriendly or unemotional gleam, often in someone's eyes
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Examples (10)
- There was a cold gleam in his eyes when the deal fell through.
- A cold gleam came into her eyes as she spoke.
- His eyes held a cold gleam that warned me to back off.
- The cold gleam in the surgeon's gaze unnerved the interns.
- Nothing softened the cold gleam in her eyes throughout the meeting.
- I caught the cold gleam in his stare just before he refused.
- Even the judge's eyes carried a cold gleam as he delivered the verdict.
- By dusk, a cold gleam had settled in his eyes, and no one pressed further.
- She answered with a smile, but a cold gleam flickered in her eyes.
- When money was mentioned, his eyes took on a cold gleam.