1
as in bouncing
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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2
as in peeking
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 gleaming
to shoot forth bursts of light
diamonds glancing in the display case
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as in winking
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Recent Examples of glancing
CBS News, 19 Aug. 2022
One of the victims suffered a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2025
In another photo, the Pomellato woman sits in a bar wearing a patent leather trench, a beret, a stack of bracelets on one arm, glancing down at her companion — an English bulldog.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Both people were attacked in Myrtle Beach on Monday with one suffering a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets.
—CBS News, 19 Aug. 2022
One of the victims suffered a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022
Adjective
Stylistically, these are bold choices, even if the film can feel too understated and glancing for its own good.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2025
In another photo, the Pomellato woman sits in a bar wearing a patent leather trench, a beret, a stack of bracelets on one arm, glancing down at her companion — an English bulldog.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glancing
Verb
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The interior’s large buttons and switches are designed to be easily operated while a driver wears gloves or is bouncing over rough terrain.—
Michael Van Runkle,
Robb Report,
24 Sep. 2025
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Then, the camera pans to show Matilda in the cat bed staring out the sunny window, before bouncing between the two animals.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His brown eyes dart from one side of the room to another, a faint smile peeking out from behind a blue surgical mask.—
Christina Macfarlane,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Go full boho with a pair of platform clogs or some brown booties just peeking out from under the hems.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures.—
Chris Impey,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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The next revolution in electrification may not arrive as a gleaming battery or a vast mine.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Firstly, mobility demand is rebounding significantly across Southeast Asia as travel and urban activity return to normal, granting Grab pricing power and scale advantages.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The number of children covered by Medicaid in Colorado dropped from about 608,000 in May 2023 to 420,000 in May 2024, before rebounding slightly, according to the Georgetown analysis.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, the area, with its rugged coastline, azure sea glinting in the sunlight, and charming villages built right into the cliffs, has lured elite travelers to its picturesque shores since antiquity.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Sep. 2025
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His hair—blond and swept up like Bowie’s—caught the sun, his gold incisor glinting behind his grin (the upshot of a dental emergency along the Hippie Trail in Goa).—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This relationship between a military’s combat troop and support personnel is a glaring weakness of the proposal.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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And Denver has a glaring hole in the middle of its defense without him in coverage, as Vance Joseph's unit continues to get shredded by pass-catching tight ends and running backs.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An abundance of kitschy wall decorations (fuzzy dice, fake flowers, party streamers) gleamed under flashing lights, casting the room in lurid shades of pink and green.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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The film’s most infamous scene, which might be considered of the original cinematic memes, features Tramell flashing her genitals to officers (and the audience) during an interrogation.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The ridiculously nourishing formula leaves you glistening but never greasy, with the coconut, açai, and brazil nut oils restoring suppleness to a level that pleased our testers as much as its tropical, coconutty scent and mess-free pump.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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What can any of us make of our momentary intimate lives in such an immense world, with equally immense unknowns, mysteries as great as death or the whale, as deep as love or the ocean, as sad and beautiful as a jellyfish torn and glistening in a small fortress of shore rock?—
Natalie Diaz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Glancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glancing. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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