askant

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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 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

"Mamma," said she, her eyes cast down, her head askant like a shy bird's, "I am afraid I have a lover!"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various

But the eternal father throned on high With fear fill'd Ajax; panic-fixt he stood,655 His seven-fold shield behind his shoulder cast, And hemm'd by numbers, with an eye askant, Watchful retreated.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

"Was no one mentioned beside Thor's children and myself?" asked the priest, looking askant at Balder as he spoke.

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian

"But," said D'Artagnan, looking askant at Brienne, "you do not know perhaps, monsieur, that I have the privilege of entrée anywhere, and at any hour."

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre