look sideways at

Idioms  

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.

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Example Sentences

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.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

"I'm asking viewers to look sideways at stuff instead of dead-on, and it throws most people," he says.

From Time Magazine Archive

He shot a nasty look sideways at Harry, whose untidy hair had always been a source of great annoyance to Uncle Vernon.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

"Did somebody look sideways at you, or omit to call you by some pet baby name?"

From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane