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Examples of askance
askance
They did look at me in a somewhat askance way when I told them what I was doing.
From the independent.co.uk
A man in a Sun-Yat-Sen style suit, however, would definitely be viewed askance.
From the economist.com
Billy's mates may look askance at the affair, but there is no threat of danger.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Drink a martini, Scotch on the rocks or even a beer, and nobody looks askance.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Banks, loan servicers, and some politicians look askance at debt forgiveness.
From the businessweek.com
But regulators might look askance at publications acting in concert to dump Google.
From the businessweek.com
In those days, I probably would have looked a little askance at Summer Hill.
From the canberratimes.com.au
The Sunni Arab states look askance at the new power of Iraq's Shia majority.
From the economist.com
Many Singaporeans are wedded to their jobs and look askance at idleness of any kind.
From the economist.com
- (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
- With suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
- With a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
- Turned to the side, especially of the eyes; With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion; Sideways; obliquely
- With suspicion, distrustfully
- With a sideways glance.
