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Meanings of looks askance in English

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Usage of looks askance in English
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As the world's largest democracy, India looks askance at Russia's authoritarian system.
The Guardian
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Expansive Kennedy looks askance at the tenderfoots who climb over his wheel.
The New North
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She looks askance, wanting it to be true but needing proof.
The Guardian
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They eyed the major, who was standing at a little distance, with looks askance.
The Three Admirals
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That's where I belong, a jail-bird at whom everybody except other jail-birds looks askance.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
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There were the occasional looks askance, of course, sneers from people upon hearing his accent.
Zeitoun
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The orthodox priesthood of the Long House shudders and looks askance, but dares not interfere.
The Hidden Children
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The worst of our education is that it looks askance, looks over its shoulder at sex.-R.L.S.
The Foundations of Japan / Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 M...
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The Frank's cold looks askance at him deprived him of the power to play his part.
The Valley of the Kings
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Poetry ever looks askance at that gipsy-cousin of hers, "Tour-de-force".
Life of Robert Browning
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Mr. Muir looks askance at Graydon's devotion, and mutters 'speculator' when Miss Wildmere's name is mentioned.
A Young Girl's Wooing
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While Qatar looks askance at the army-backed government in Cairo, investment in Egypt evidently remains an aspiration.
Reuters
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Bunny looks askance at the car radio.
The death of bunny munro: a novel
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And I'll break every bone in the skin of any man that looks askance at him, too!
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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The press in the main is cordial, but looks askance at a political paper edited by a woman.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) / Includin...
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The script by von Ribbeck and Katharina Held looks askance at these doings but contrives some unpredictable twists.
Reuters
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