covert glance
Frequency: 5.52.1 per million words
A quick, secret look.
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Examples (20)
- She gave him a covert glance across the crowded room.
- He stole a covert glance at the clock during the meeting.
- The detective shot a covert glance at the suspect's briefcase.
- They exchanged covert glances across the crowded room.
- With a covert glance, she checked if anyone was watching.
- She cast a covert glance in my direction but said nothing.
- He cast a covert glance at his watch during the boring meeting.
- With a covert glance over his shoulder, he slipped out.
- The spy exchanged a covert glance with her contact at the café.
- I caught the manager’s covert glance toward the door.
- She stole a covert glance at the exam paper on her neighbor's desk.
- The siblings shared a covert glance that said, “later.”
- The bodyguard made a covert glance toward the exit routes.
- He shot me a covert glance before answering the question.
- They shared a covert glance before implementing their secret plan.
- At the mention of layoffs, several colleagues traded covert glances.
- He threw a covert glance at the classified documents on the table.
- She risked a covert glance at her phone under the table.
- The journalist took a covert glance at her source's reaction.
- As the cameras rolled, the minister gave his aide a covert glance.