GLOWER in a Sentence

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For GLOWER, below is one of 14 sentences:
It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat.

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 Meanings and Examples of GLOWER
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glower
 v.  look at with a fixed gaze; angry stare
Classic Sentence:
1  So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  He pointed to Uriah, pale and glowering in a corner, evidently very much out in his calculations, and taken by surprise.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
3  For an instant Scarlett envisaged her trip to Atlanta and her conversation with Rhett with Mammy glowering chaperonage like a large black Cerberus in the background.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
4  'Connie's looking awfully unwell,' she said in her soft voice, fixing him with her beautiful, glowering grey eyes.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  As a result, Suellen's sullen resentment had passed beyond the point of ladylike concealment and she glowered at Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  He glowered at her like a downy young owl.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  He glowered at her with shrewd red eyes.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
8  They glowered with bent brows, but dangerously, upon some of the officers, more particularly upon the red-bearded one with the voice of triple brass.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
9  From under his creased brows he glowered with hate at the mockers.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
10  It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
11  Mr. Laurence and his grandson dined with them, also Mr. Brooke, at whom Jo glowered darkly, to Laurie's infinite amusement.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
12  Meanwhile, the infant ruffian continued sucking; and glowered up at me defyingly, as he slavered into the jug.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  Hilda only glowered at him without replying; repartee was not her forte, nor Connie's; so she glowered, and he was much more uncomfortable than if she had said things.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence:
1  The angry brothers glower at his father.