Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion (used especially of glances).
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:
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