look coldly upon

Example Sentences

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Here was a man who possessed a title, was handsome, rich, and of assured social position: it would take an extraordinary American girl to look coldly upon his attentions.

From Man on the Box by MacGrath, Harold

Sweet Lady, wouldst thou look coldly upon me did I come with banners unfurled and men in arms against him thou callest thine uncle?

From In the Days of Chivalry by Everett-Green, Evelyn

Knowing her origin and history, Athalfrida, in the beginning, could not but look coldly upon her charge.

From Veranilda by Gissing, George

If the gambler ever comes to inquire, we'll merely look coldly upon him and say: 'What is this nonsense you are talking?

From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark

So the king, hearing these false charges and believing them, began to look coldly upon young Olaf and to treat him roughly.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert