The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance. From LearnThat.org. [wictionary.com]
Did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He looked askance at the offer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Her eyes with their misted askance look. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Compared to these inducements, the fact that people would look upon her askance was a very insignificant consideration. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wollstonecraft] Reference
Only fools and despots look askance at these rights. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Smucker: Obama and That Damn Mosque: A Clarion Voice for Freedom] Reference
He stopped in his tramping, and looked at me askance. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The men near him looked askance at such unceasing labor. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
And feel no shame if Jefferson looked askance at such things. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries, Thrillers, and the Verities of the Heart] Reference
Looking askance at such wantonness is a long, proud tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Maxed Out] Reference
Mr. Peterby Paul looked at the forlorn figure askance, however. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
They looked at him askance and then at each other, significantly. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
Mr. Starkweather could look at her no longer -- not even askance. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
CARL KASELL, host: When the groove starts, are your limbs askance?. From Wordnik.com. [Limericks] Reference
Let who will look askance thereat; I give you the one to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Phillips glanced askance at him, but led the way into the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [This World Must Die!] Reference
The King, still obsequious to Spain, looked on him coldly and askance. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
He looked askance at his niece, however, as she announced her intention. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
They all began to look askance at me as if I were a suspicious character. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
Her face was hard and, from an angry brow, she shot glances askance at flight. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
"Evenin ', Miz' Day," observed Walky, eyeing Aunt 'Mira and her niece askance. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
Some poetry will appeal to boys, even though they may look askance at most of it. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
She ate one with keen relish, then eyed the remaining two askance and critically. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Mizolwat - (looking askance) playing the goebbles in this wealth can hardly save you. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question)] Reference
They crowded away from the two well-dressed high-school girls, looking at them askance. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Jean came forward, glancing askance at his mother, as if to know whether he should obey. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This emerging group looks askance at the strident rhetoric of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. From Wordnik.com. [Time To Change Tacks On Iran] Reference
"I suppose you think I'm a mean thing," said the black-eyed girl, glancing at Nancy askance. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
Conservatives often have looked askance at presidential power as democracy's temptation toward Caesarism. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans, Just Waiting] Reference
If our friends the enemy look askance at us at first (and we needn't be surprised if they do), that mustn't affect us. From Wordnik.com. [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference
Once more the supposed knowing ones and "cute" business men eyed me askance, and no doubt thought me a fool, or worse. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
At first, indeed, his activity had been looked at askance at Innsbruck, as but another force making for disintegration. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
My chauffeur eyed me askance; and the look of pleasure with which he noted my evident recovery, told me he was as proud as I. From Wordnik.com. [The Greater Love] Reference
Scheff viewed askance; they might be cutthroats and villains of the deepest dye, and it would not worry him any in the least. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
Elrich -- who gave his son Joshua the middle name Che -- came into office four years ago to askance looks from many in business. From Wordnik.com. [Takoma Park festival's a stop for Democrats running for Montgomery's at-large seats] Reference
As he approached the little goat carriages, he looked askance over the edge of his starched neckcloth and blandly smiled encouragement. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
Now he had no other thought in his mind except to go to his parents, believing that his step-mother would no longer look askance at him. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
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