look coldly upon

Example Sentences

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It is probable also that Henrietta was beginning to look coldly upon Richelieu even before she met Chateauneuf, for other influences were working against him in her mind.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

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

I could see that the elders began to look coldly upon me.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

As a Southern man, he was expected to favor a lenient policy towards his offending brethren, and was supposed to look coldly upon much that was implied in the President's declarations.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

My own carelessness is always to blame," said Brian, with a heavy sigh, "and I don't wonder that you look coldly upon me, Dino, when I seem to have done you such an unfriendly turn.

From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline