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Literary notes about GLOWER (AI summary)

In literature, the word glower is often employed to depict a powerful, brooding look that conveys deep-seated hostility or disdain. Authors use it not only to illustrate a character’s immediate emotional state—as when a judge leans forward to glower at a prisoner [1] or when a character’s anger manifests in a silent, sullen stare [2]—but also as a metaphorical device that enriches the atmosphere, such as in poetic passages where inanimate objects seem to glower with an almost conscious malice [3]. This multifaceted use of glower allows writers to subtly mirror the internal turmoil or latent aggression within their characters and settings, providing a visual shorthand for complex emotions that speak louder than words [4].
  1. The judge leaned forward to glower at the older of the two prisoners.
    — from The Arrow of FireA Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
  2. His angriest glower did not seem to stir the sulky car, and in disgrace it was hauled off to a garage.
    — from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
  3. And the bronzen censers glower; And scents of ambergris pour With myrrh brought out of Lahore, And musk of Khoten, and good Aloes and sandal-wood.
    — from Days and Dreams: Poems by Madison Julius Cawein
  4. He has “the black glower in his een,” and all the [94] Scotch qualities of envy, hatred, overweening pride, and tyranny find full expression in him.
    — from The Unspeakable Scot by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland

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