hostile stare

Example Sentences

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

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

Miss Anstruther and Susan exchanged bows—Susan's timid and frightened, Miss Anstruther's accompanied by a hostile stare and a hardening of the fat, decaying face.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

He turned to the mantelpiece for his tobacco-jar, and Rosa, after standing for some time at the "ready" with a hostile stare, cleared her throat noisily and withdrew.

From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

He considered Ginsburg steadily, with a cool, hostile stare in his eyes.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

The girl had nodded toward Joe Lorey, who was standing not far off, observing them with an unwavering and disapproving, almost definitely hostile stare.

From In Old Kentucky by Marshall, Edward