The gentle-looking barrister peered owlishly around him.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.    From Dictionary.com. 

Spink was sitting up on his bed, blinking owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

She blinked owlishly up at her mother, then sighed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Briar Rose]

"Hello," he remarked cheerfully, eyeing Madge owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid] Reference

He stared owlishly across the rickety table at Pleasants.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guns Of The South]

She blinked back at him owlishly, confused by the question.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Baby For Emily]

Burris regarded him owlishly for a second, and then went on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Like a Light] Reference

Winter noons he wandered out and stared owlishly at the car.    From Wordnik.com.  [Main Street] Reference

"I thank ye," she said, blinking owlishly at him as he stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [And Other Tales Of Valdemar]

He cocked his head to one side and regarded Stoddard owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corpse in the Abstract]

When the glass was empty again, he stared owlishly at the food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rulers of the Darkness]

D-and-D blinked owlishly at the face he could not quite discern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cruise of a Deathtime]

The driver blinked at him owlishly through Marine-issue glasses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carrie]

Doctor Hugo Tanner was large and florid of face, blinking owlishly at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star Surgeon] Reference

Bassdag stared owlishly at Habrunt, and seemed shaken by the admission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference

He turned on his elbow, looking owlishly earnest with his ruffled hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mystery of The Stuttering Parrot]

He runs his hands down his ribs, pauses, and glances at Sirhan owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

Johnny Coombs picked it up, looked at it owlishly, and put it back again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold in the Sky] Reference

It blinked owlishly at them over the top of the trolley it had been pushing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Space Aliens Unite] Reference

The heat of it in his stomach revived him and he sat up and blinked owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  ["High-Frequency War" by Harl Vincent, part 1] Reference

The raw November night slapped him across the face, making him blink owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alone]

He blinked owlishly and was relieved to find that his sight had been unaffected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheeseburger Gothic » Some WW fanfic] Reference

Banion looked owlishly into the lens through his collegiate tortoiseshell eyeglasses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley] Reference

Vann grinned and blinked owlishly, visibly deciding not to ask her any hard questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watcher 3] Fire Watcher]

Across the table, Jim pushed up thick glasses, blinked owlishly and cleared his throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Too Many Bosses]

"Yes, " Professor Yarborough now put in, blinking owlishly behind his gold-framed lenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy]

He finally came upon the wall panel, snapped on the overhead lights, and blinked owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Other Daughter]

He put on his bedside lamp, for it was still half-dark, and peered owlishly round the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Murder of Quality]

They stood up and walked out, Sam owlishly counting out a handful of coins to the barkeeper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villains by Necessity]

Geoffrey opened the door to his apartment, blinking owlishly -- and then caught her expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

He climbed into bed and pulled the covers up to his chin, looking owlishly over them at Seamus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]

And then the Kommandant's adjutant, Major Simoleit, and Pieber, who was looking owlishly solemn.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE GREAT ESCAPE]

It had not run three minutes before Nigel and Angela turned and stared owlishly at the inspector.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nursing Home Murder]

It made Kimberly blink owlishly and become even more aware of the intense heat growing at her back.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Killing Hour]

"Some men are never satisfied," she said owlishly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half a Rogue] Reference

She sat blinking owlishly at the two young figures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vixen, Volume I.] Reference

I could only stare owlishly at my four grave gentlemen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies] Reference

Fyne only blinked owlishly at this piece of my insight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chance A Tale in Two Parts] Reference