hostile stare

Example Sentences

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Mahaffy, keenly alive to this fact, returned Carrington's glance with a fixed and hostile stare.

From The Prodigal Judge by Kester, Vaughan

But the hostile stare on the faces of the chief’s following, there was no mistaking.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

There was the same cold, hostile stare that he had had from the boss of the fertilizer mill.

From The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton

He wanted to get out of Lord Evelyn's house, out of the range of his kindly, whimsical smile and Cheriton's curious hostile stare; he wanted to be alone with Hilary, and to understand.

From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

She paused at the door with her hand on the knob, and her eyes fixed him through and through with a glittering, hostile stare.

From Black Jack by Brand, Max