askant

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But the eternal father throned on high With fear fill'd Ajax; panic-fixt he stood,655 His seven-fold shield behind his shoulder cast, And hemm'd by numbers, with an eye askant, Watchful retreated.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Whilst he was walking to and fro, Crockston passed him several times, looking at him askant with a satisfied grin.

From The Blockade Runners by D'Anvers, N.

"But," said D'Artagnan, looking askant at Brienne, "you do not know perhaps, monsieur, that I have the privilege of entrée anywhere, and at any hour."

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre

Some of the old houses that stand endwise to the street, looking askant at the passer,—especially if he is a stranger in town,—might be veritable treasuries of this sort of material.

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons

Can I dream of intruding upon a class of men who will ever look at me askant?

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich