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askance
adverb as in sideways
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
The rest of the world looks askance at what we have done, and they, too, will pay a price.
“Often, people look askance at victims who come forward with allegations years after a crime,” Boyarsky said in a statement.
In their book, Passing on the Right, Jon Shields and Joshua Dunn noted that “conservative professors…look askance at the populism that has shaken up the Republican Party in recent years.”
She looked mostly like this while saying it — eyes askance, either pre-or-post hand on chin — a vibe, nay, a mood that she carried throughout most of the debate.
From the moment Saba hits Georgian soil, the police look askance at his family name — a warrant is out for Dad for attempted murder, he’s told — and seize his passport.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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