askant

Example Sentences

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Barbara turned grave directly; he eyed her askant, and saw the random shot had gone home.

From International Short Stories English by Various

“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

Old Peter Thomas—who seemed to have become crystallized, as it were, in age and decrepitude, and advanced no further in either—was pottering around the garden, eying askant, like an old robin, the new plough furrows.

From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

I glanced at him askant, my boy, and says I, innocently, "I see a still better reason for your clothing yourself for battle in newspapers."

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Newell, Robert H.

Whilst he was walking to and fro, Crockston passed him several times, looking at him askant with a satisfied grin.

From The Blockade Runners by D'Anvers, N.