look askance at

idiom

: to be doubtful about

Most scientists looked askance at the new discovery.

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There are likely some whiskey fans who are going to look askance at this release based on various factors, from its very makeup to their dislike of Bhakta, who happens to be a very polarizing figure in the industry. —

Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2024 Though coaches and scouts look askance at his many tattoos, Rivera-as-Hernandez has a megawatt smile and sweet vulnerability that convinces the audience things could have turned out differently. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024 But sentencing courts regularly look askance at relentless insistence of innocence after a jury decides otherwise. —

Ron Kuby, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024 Gottfried wasn’t the only German Jew to look askance at the Jewish Bildungsbürgertum and deem them complacent. —

John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for look askance at

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