askant
Example Sentences
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When He provided none, they stopped speculating, and went on as sharply askant as hens at any smaller good pecks life might have for them.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
“No, not yet,” said Mrs Dean, who looked askant at the fresh-comer, and as if she did not approve of him.
From To The West by George Manville Fenn
She gave an askant look into it, and was silent.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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
While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.
From The Morgesons by Elizabeth Stoddard
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