glower
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“The result?” he says, with a tough-guy glower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Nonverbal sung chorales often shimmer or glower beneath spoken text.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Jones’ glower could chill you to the bone, but his smiles were radiant and honest.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
But this was a relatively happy glower, for he got to watch Cam Newton, Brady’s replacement, lead the Patriots to a comfortable 21-11 win over the Miami Dolphins.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2020
I know Dad is trying to point out the bright side, but I glower.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
Inside the bright vestibule, the face of a protective Gorgon glowers at the visitor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry glowers across Woo’s desk from a framed studio glossy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
He glowers out from beneath his brows, unsmiling, eyes rendered oddly bloodshot, brow furrowed, chin tucked in, as if he is about to head-butt the camera.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
In the poster, star Jeremy Renner glowers at the camera, wearing a dark suit and tie stained with dirt.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
She glowers at me, quickly pulling her face mask back over her mouth before Barb notices.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Mostly he glowered and, at times, looked Zen or sleepy.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
As usual, I was scared and she glowered furiously, her dirty blond curls held down with a red bandana.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
He glowered in a letter to the City Council about “an aggressive, undisciplined group of drivers and pedestrians.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2021
When my boyfriend read the loopy handwritten pages, he laughed out loud, and I glowered.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2020
She could not read the faintest sign of welcome in his thin stem lips or in the dark eyes that glowered fiercely at her from under heavy grizzled eyebrows.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
The image features a glowering Trump leaning on his desk and his signature, with the text of the Declaration of Independence in the background.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
That court is not going to be afraid of his glowering visage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
“Anybody that doesn’t see that, I don’t know what they’re looking at,” the 73-year-old retiree, a former heavy equipment mechanic, said beneath a glowering sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
He was glowering through pink-rimmed eyes under his combover, every inch the mean man everyone avoids at the retirement home.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024
The way the old satyr was glowering, Leo almost wondered if the coach was going to order him to do push-ups.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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