askant
Example Sentences
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He looked askant at Monckton, and he showed the white of his eyes more and more.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
The actors gathered in groups and looked askant.
From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by George C. Hazelton
All at once the planter appeared to recoil from his purpose, and looking askant, he spent some time in surveying his intended victim, and as if calculating the chances of a rencontre.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
This was because he had supposed that a look of hers askant had rested on a knife upon the table within reach.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
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 Bernard H. Becker
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