askant
Example Sentences
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It was a community of men of the same mind who were even looked askant upon by the Government.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.
From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth
He saw Zalia look askant because he did not go on working and, to account for his resting, drew his whetstone from his trouser-pocket and began slowly to sharpen the sickle.
From The Path of Life by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Old Peter Thomas—who seemed to have become crystallized, as it were, in age and decrepitude, and advanced no further in either—was pottering around the garden, eying askant, like an old robin, the new plough furrows.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
"Not I," said Leicester, looking askant at the picture.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
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