look nervously
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to direct your eyes towards something or someone, showing anxiety.
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Examples (10)
- She looked nervously at the closed door.
- He looked nervously around the unfamiliar room.
- The child looked nervously at the strict teacher.
- They looked nervously at each other before giving their presentation.
- I looked nervously at the clock, worried about being late.
- You always look nervously when you're about to speak in public.
- He had looked nervously at his phone, waiting for a call.
- She will look nervously at the results when they are announced.
- The dog looked nervously at the thunderstorm outside.
- We were looking nervously at the darkening sky.