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Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion (used especially of glances).
sidelong
squint
squinty
askant
squint-eyed
asquint
indirect
sidelong
squint
squinty
askant
squint-eyed
1
He was casting
sidelong
glances in the direction of the drawing room.
2
Then it happened that she glanced
sidelong
,
through the open south door.
3
But the little god looking
sidelong
was mute in his grey regard.
4
The young royalists were laughing and casting
sidelong
glances at the new-comers.
5
Persephone freezes in place and glances
sidelong
at the Hand of Glory.
1
Every year, we
squint
at Forbesmagazine's list of best-value actors and wonder.
2
The inventors of this fluted window succeeded in making the heavens
squint
.
3
If you
squint
and look at him another way, he's obviously Hitler.
4
Before he left the chart-room Mayo took a
squint
at the barometer.
5
I might as well take a
squint
at myself in the glass.
1
The money comes gushing in early and the limelight makes them
squinty
.
2
The
squinty
-
eyed
boy looked to be a couple years older than Nick.
3
She didn't recognize him either, with that scarred face and
squinty
look.
4
Sabito squatted down to examine it, peering at it
squinty
-
eyed
from different angles.
5
Is Olivia's
squinty
earnestness beginning to feel like a one-note performance?
1
Lady Bassett drew back, and eyed her
askant
with amazement and terror.
2
They went up, hand in hand, and often looked
askant
upon the road.
3
Denys looked
askant
at Gerard, and not liking the theme, shook it off.
4
Who are they as bats and night-dogs
askant
in the capitol?
5
The ass stopped munching, and looked
askant
at the Squire.
1
Except for one new
squint
-
eyed
stableboy, the household had not grown.
2
O greatness of spirit no greater than that of the
squint
-
eyed
neighbour lady!
3
Merry himself slew the leader, a great
squint
-
eyed
brute like a huge orc.
4
Olyphant owns one the best
squint
-
eyed
stares in all of acting.
5
He was hollow-chested,
squint
-
eyed
,
and rather shambling, but spry enough withal.
1
When he has base ends and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy and sometimes
asquint
.
2
The lights come up, he blinks, eyes
asquint
.
3
I marked the row of weather-beaten faces pillowed on the gun-stocks with eyes
asquint
to sight the pieces.
4
Orson swallowed, eyes
asquint
.
5
And he to me, All of these were so
asquint
in mind in the first life that they made no spending there with measure.
1
As the world's largest democracy, India looks
askance
at Russia's authoritarian system.
2
Looking
askance
at the world is what just might set Asa apart.
3
He looked
askance
and discontentedly at Graydon during dinner in the evening.
4
By the open gate the farmer stood eying his new material
askance
.
5
There were many looking
askance
at me at court, I assure you.
6
By the scholars of the Renaissance such work was looked
askance
at.
7
The flushed babyish face under the fashionable hat looked at him
askance
.
8
When she looked
askance
at him, he said, It cleanses the blade.
9
Every house in Dantzig looked
askance
upon its neighbour at this time.
10
Girlfriends have looked at me
askance
when I've told them this story.
11
Phillips glanced
askance
at him, but led the way into the corridor.
12
His head was turned
askance
as he still resolutely regarded the ground.
13
Expansive Kennedy looks
askance
at the tenderfoots who climb over his wheel.
14
She was restless, and kept regarding him
askance
,
as if in apprehension.
15
In truth, we were an embarrassment, and they looked at us
askance
.
16
Mrs. Farrinder glanced at her
askance
,
and then said to Ransom serenely:
askance
look askance
glance askance
somewhat askance
rather askance
smile askance