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The opposition party looked askance at most of the government's proposed policies.
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She looked askance at him when he began to eat before everybody else.
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A waiter in a tuxedo looked askance at his jeans.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
look askance (at somebody) — look askance (at sb/sth) | look (at sb/sth) askance idiom to look at or react to sb/sth with suspicion or doubt, or in a critical way • The opposition party looked askance at most of the government s proposed policies. • She looked askance at him … Useful english dictionary
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
