Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, he must keep clear of his estranged wife and make regular visits to a perceptive, pawkily humorous Indian psychiatrist.

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2012

He held up a finger and eyed me pawkily.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

"I didna think ye kenned hoo he rade," answered the boy pawkily, as he shot to the stable.

From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George

"I thought," replied my grandfather, pawkily, "that ye had gotten our master's token; and I maun trust to you."

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

“I’m thinking maybe that explains why you are not quite sure now whether you are the prosecutor or the prosecuted,” pawkily remarked Jim.

From The Spoilers of the Valley by Watson, Robert