sidelong

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There are light topical references — a sidelong joke about the names billionaires give their children, for example — but the show happily lives in its world of day-to-day annoyances and victories.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

On the screen was a boy, 11, in blue ear warmers and a jacket, being interviewed by one of the station’s reporters and giving a sidelong look and a sly half-grin.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Cavill, who’s as lethal with a disappointed sigh or a sidelong glance as Geralt is with a dagger, is still a steady, engaging presence at the center of the action.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021

And Andrea Riseborough is terrific expressing considerable disdain with just a sidelong glance.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021

She kept at her work, laying out fruit hand over hand, only taking a moment to shoot Jinny a quick sidelong glance.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder