Example sentences for: askance

How can you use “askance” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In addition to looking askance at your rather material approach, Prudie has long disapproved of elaborate birthday parties for tykes ...

  • First come, first served and, be warned, the Shopping Avenger looks askance at the bearing of false witness.

  • "Before we start sneering" at Kansas, writes liberal columnist Lars-Erik Nelson, "We might look askance at the supposed scientists and social scientists who defend their own pet theories [such as] global warming, free trade, supply-side economics ...

  • I do believe the legislators will look askance at new issues."


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