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gloss over
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  • Yet this Fremen reaction and the obvious element of the Arrakeen diet high in spice were glossed over by Bene Gesserit observers.†  (source)
  • And though he was smiling faintly, Laila sensed something troubled and wounded beneath, disappointment and defeat glossed over with a veneer of good humor.†  (source)
  • I've gone through this before with others and have usually been able to gloss over awkward moments.†  (source)
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  • She told them, specifically, and didn't gloss over her fear.†  (source)
  • I saw us as equals, but in doing so, perhaps I glossed over the things she could not overlook.†  (source)
  • Or A Highly Biased and Selective History of Hogwarts, Which Glosses Over the Nastier Aspects of the School.†  (source)
  • His eyes are glossing over again and he's in absolute agony, holding my face in his hands.†  (source)
  • There was a warder behind each of us, and I decided I would simply gloss over what she had said, and mumbled, "Ah, well, Ma, it is nothing."†  (source)
  • However, my dear, I may have glossed over an item that was extremely helpful in negotiations with my client.†  (source)
  • Observe how ingenuously he underlines certain words, and how crudely he glosses over his hidden thoughts.†  (source)
  • Her way of glossing over the transaction with Trenor he regarded at once as a tribute to his own acuteness, and a confirmation of his suspicions.†  (source)
  • She did not attempt to gloss over facts, as so many might have been tempted to do, but went straight to the point with an admirable candour.†  (source)
  • As she talked about Peter, I had the disturbing thought that maybe he was one suspect we had glossed over too quickly.†  (source)
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I'm ugly crying, describing the moment when the shots rang out and Khalil looked at me for the last time; how I held him in the street and saw his eyes gloss over.  (source)
gloss over = become cloudy
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