askant
Example Sentences
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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
"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
He looked askant at Monckton, and he showed the white of his eyes more and more.
From A Perilous Secret by Reade, Charles
"Not I," said Leicester, looking askant at the picture.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
Who are they, as bats and night-dogs, askant in the Capitol?
From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael
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