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

They looked with eyes askant at the mate and his three companions, but said nothing to them.

From Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors by Holloway, W. Herbert

But the good folk of Kilfinane eye us terribly askant, or, to be more literally exact, do not eye us at all; at least, their eyes betray "no speculation."

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.

"Was no one mentioned beside Thor's children and myself?" asked the priest, looking askant at Balder as he spoke.

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian

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