askant
Example Sentences
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"Not I," said Leicester, looking askant at the picture.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
When He provided none, they stopped speculating, and went on as sharply askant as hens at any smaller good pecks life might have for them.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
She gave an askant look into it, and was silent.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan
As he walked over to it he nodded to half a score of acquaintances, some of whom looked askant at his companion, and exchanged whispered comments after he had passed.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander
"Up all night, I presume," eyeing him askant.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.
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