GLANCED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

glanced

verb

past tense of glance

as in bounced

to strike and fly off at an angle the basketball glanced off the rim her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout

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as in peeked

to take a quick or hasty look just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there

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as in gleamed

to shoot forth bursts of light diamonds glancing in the display case

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Recent Examples of glanced Brookwood junior Collier Stanton extended his arm to the wall, glanced at the scoreboard and slapped the water as his older brother, Baylor, pumped his fist behind the block. —

Ansley Gavlak, AJC.com, 8 Feb. 2026 In a hallway of Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, just outside the Senators’ dressing room, Ullmark looked up from his cellphone and glanced at the score on a television screen hanging from the wall. —

Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026 After 50, Mora glanced at his watch. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026 White’s attempt glanced off the rim, giving the Bulls their third straight loss in four days to drop them to 23-25. —

Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 LeBron James glanced at the championship banner from that season before the game Wednesday, fueling the intense emotions of what could be his last game in his hometown against the team that launched his NBA dreams in 2003. —

Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 Texas basketball coach Sean Miller glanced over the stat sheet after Saturday’s 74-70 home loss to rival Texas A&M with a grimace before stating the obvious. —

Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026 Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes. —

Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026 But when Griggs, 78, glanced across the street to the now-vacant Hungerford school property, a place where his daughter once attended school, his expression turned to frustration. —

Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026

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Encased in inflatable shock absorbers, the sphere bounced across the lunar surface like a beach ball, eventually settling and unfolding four petal-like panels to stabilize itself.

— Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
Each time, bitcoin has bounced all the way back within a year and a half.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026