askant
Example Sentences
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Lady Bassett drew back, and eyed her askant with amazement and terror.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Charles Reade
"Up all night, I presume," eyeing him askant.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
Spirituality does not light it; evanescent dreams are its oil-lamps, often with wick askant in the socket.
From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Augustin Filon
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
He folded the bill lovingly and tucked it away; but he flipped the coin from his thumb, spinning in the sun, caught it as it fell, and glanced askant at old Pete.
From Copper Streak Trail by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
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