askant

Example Sentences

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“No, not yet,” said Mrs Dean, who looked askant at the fresh-comer, and as if she did not approve of him.

From To The West by Fenn, George Manville

Gew-gaws are pretty things to call forth the wonder of children and ignorant gazers; but the judicious pass them with an askant look and careless demeanour.

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

It was a community of men of the same mind who were even looked askant upon by the Government.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

He saw Zalia look askant because he did not go on working and, to account for his resting, drew his whetstone from his trouser-pocket and began slowly to sharpen the sickle.

From The Path of Life by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Some of the old houses that stand endwise to the street, looking askant at the passer,—especially if he is a stranger in town,—might be veritable treasuries of this sort of material.

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons