look coldly upon

Example Sentences

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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

That there should be a disposition here to look coldly upon the old-fashioned classical education is not wonderful.

From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell

Former associates shun and look coldly upon him, his female relatives are ashamed to be seen walking with him, often the door of his father's cottage or workshop is shut on his approach.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various

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

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