look/shoot/stare daggers at

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: to look at (someone) in an angry way

They looked daggers at each other across the table.

Examples of look/shoot/stare daggers at in a Sentence

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There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense. — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025

And her parents are in the audience tonight, no doubt ready to stare daggers at the man who just arrived on the Thunderdome stage. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025