16 example sentences using askance.
Askance used in a sentence
Askance in a sentence as an adjective
WGU seems to be looked at askance from some googling by positions seeking MBAs
Co-workers looked at me askance at first -- probaby still do.
Some places you're allowed to cut down a Christmas tree but if you clear cut the forest, people would look askance.
The way Tumblr drew inspiration from a couple of personal blogs is to be praised, not looked askance at.
However, I can still look askance at people with no expertise who think we should all be more frightened / upset / etc.
He might abstain, he might look askance at the other men, he might underscore their infidelity.
For sure that's a grammar-bigotry on my part, I'm not proud, but I simply look askance a bit after seeing that kind of thing.
In other words, in countries where men make all the rules and run the show nobody dares look askance at a man in a public setting?Go figure.
Askance in a sentence as an adverb
Regardless, while there are plenty of foodies in the south, vegetarianism is still looked at askance.
So when he does... well, great, good for him, let's hope it works out!If on the other hand, someone only comments to promote their own products, I'd look a bit more askance at that.
That helps, but only up to a point, as the FDA themselves is not very tech savvy and will look askance at any attempt to significantly streamline the process.
" .. in which, in context, he likely meant that those who are inclined to look askance at closed-source companies should realize that there is much sustained value to be derived from such activities.
Right or wrong, most determined single founders would look askance at such intangible, unquantifiable justification of their dismissal.
Without denying that it's "neat", I'd like to be on record as looking askance at the fact that a company that makes >90% of revenue from advertising wants to sell me a tiny screen to put an inch in front of my eye.
Also: with all the 'blah blah' that you hear about companies taking uncomfortable decisions due to a "fiduciary duty to shareholders to maximize profits", taking this sort of hit seems quite askance.
"So ... to whatever degree this picture of money is accurate, and it appears that it is more accurate than I thought after simply reading "Debt", and to whatever degree central banking is a continuation of that process ... I would have to look askance at central banking, yes ?
Askance definitions
(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"
See also: askant asquint squint squint-eyed squinty sidelong
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"