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Example sentences for "owlishly"

Lexicographically close words:
owld; owle; owlet; owlets; owlish; owls; own; owne; owned; owner
  1. At times he stared owlishly from a half-emptied bottle to the black square of window pane above the trunk--and once he shook his fist in that direction.

  2. The man replaced the ring with some difficulty upon his finger, and stared owlishly at the croupier.

  3. The sergeant backed away and gazed owlishly from the prisoner to his captor.

  4. He noted covertly the slender lines of her body and the dainty, firm, brown hands flung protectingly about the shoulders of her little friends, who were peering at him owlishly from their shelter.

  5. Alluna only blinked owlishly at his lantern and shook her head.

  6. Theophilus, sitting down nervously on the edge of a chair and peering owlishly over his big-rimmed spectacles at the stolid John Thorwald.

  7. He then finished the brandy which he had brought up with him, and gazed owlishly at the Kentish shore.

  8. All turned in," said the captain, gazing owlishly at the deserted deck.

  9. Angry and puzzled the "Bruiser" ran back to the edge of the quay, and stood owlishly regarding the schooner and the grinning faces of its crew as they hoisted the sails and slowly swung around with their bow pointing to the sea.


  10. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "owlishly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.