glance off
Example Sentences
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Taylor’s pass over the middle on the final play was too high for tight end Darren Waller, who had the ball glance off his right hand.
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023
Capsey, who scored 25 in her first international innings last week, played with flair and fine judgment, until missing a glance off her pads that would have brought up the winning runs.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022
“Just a really bad swing at the wrong time,” Smith said of a tee shot on storied par-3 No. 12 that hurried to the water without even the traditional glance off the bank.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2022
Lee Stecklein’s long shot appeared to glance off a Czech player and into the net at 6:49 of the third period to give the Americans a 2-1 lead.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022
The sun would glance off the white snow, the birds would fly through the trees, and I would come home with a fresh meal from the valley.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
