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Meanings of supercilious glance in English

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Usage of supercilious glance in English
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On the threshold he turned and gave me a supercilious glance over his shoulder.
Castles in the Air
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Now and then he gave a sidelong and supercilious glance at James's fine clothes.
'Doc.' Gordon
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Somewhat nettled by her calm inflection and her supercilious glance I hotly retorted, Nonsense!
A Daughter of the Middle Border
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Her face beamed with satisfaction when the guest eyed the appointments with a supercilious glance.
The Lair of the White Worm
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The young gentleman eyed Marmaduke with a supercilious glance.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 02
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Gwenny shot a supercilious glance and tossed her chin.
Jaffery
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A supercilious glance at the past seems to give the moderns an excellent opinion of themselves.
The Coming of the Friars
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The noise here is splitting. She gave a supercilious glance into the Square as she languidly rose.
The Old Wives' Tale
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That brief halt, the supercilious glance which he cast over the drowsy place, thrilled him with unspeakable delight.
The Fortune of the Rougons
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He gave him a supercilious glance.
Skyrider
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The life of the agriculturist and grazier was too low down in the social scale to catch their supercilious glance.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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All this time Jack was regarding us with supercilious glances.
Paddy Finn
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And a dandy, with a monocle, was, indeed, casting very supercilious glances at the painter.
A Chair on the Boulevard
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To supercilious glances were substituted eyes keen as the Israelites', for the "main chance."
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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Two young Jewish men passed him, talking in loud voices and craning their necks here and there in fatuous supercilious glances.
The Beautiful and Damned
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"I can always tell a person by his face," she announced, casting a supercilious glance around the table.
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