look sideways at

1. Glance at suspiciously or amorously, as in I'm sure the detective was looking sideways at me, and it made me very nervous, or They were looking sideways at each other, and I don't think it was innocent. [Mid-1800s] Also see look askance.

Example Sentences

That grounding isn’t absolute; if we find out the toothpaste is tainted, then we’re going to look sideways at the toothpaste company—but knowing that there’s foundational regulatory control does help establish that products we use on a regular basis are safe.

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There’s some people that you kind of look sideways at a little, but I think everyone else was like, “Yeah, no, he’s cut.”

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"You can look sideways at the way the president talks sometimes, but he's having is a very serious discussion about the future of NATO. And it's happening openly."

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Tad used to think about trying to talk to Rashid, but that seemed like a good way to make people look sideways at him—something he had no interest in.

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Look sideways at your friend who has had the case for awhile, and note what a lovely patina it has.

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