ASKANCE


Meaning of ASKANCE in English

adverb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

look

No, it was not Jenny who made him look askance at the legacy.

Sometimes they would look askance at what I had thrown on.

The tradition that you came from often looked askance at constitutions, regarding them as mere pieces of paper.

It often looked askance at the mainland.

Yet this restatement of his views won him political support from Liberals who looked askance at this quasi-nationalization programme.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

If a student comes to me with a well-constructed play nowadays, I look a little askance at it.

It often looked askance at the mainland.

No, it was not Jenny who made him look askance at the legacy.

Sometimes they would look askance at what I had thrown on.

The tradition that you came from often looked askance at constitutions, regarding them as mere pieces of paper.

They came in diffidently, nodded respectfully to Wilcox, and looked askance at Robyn.

Yet this restatement of his views won him political support from Liberals who looked askance at this quasi-nationalization programme.

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