glanced
v.v. looked at something or someone very quickly and then looked away. You often do this to check the time or see who is in a room.
v. took a brief or hurried look at something. Often used with the preposition 'at' to indicate the target of the gaze.
She glanced at her watch and realized she was late.
He glanced at the headlines while waiting for his coffee but didn't have time to read the full articles.
The detective glanced at the scattered documents on the desk, instantly identifying the one piece of evidence that contradicted the suspect's alibi.
Intransitive; typically requires the preposition 'at' before a noun phrase.
She glanced the clock.She glanced at the clock.Glance is an intransitive verb and requires the preposition 'at' to connect to an object.