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Example sentences for "quizzically"

Lexicographically close words:
quivi; quixotic; quiz; quizzed; quizzical; quizzing; quo; quoad; quocumque; quocunque
  1. Mukarjee examined him quizzically for a moment as he concentrated on the rolled leaf, savoring the taste, and Hawksworth noticed a red trickle emerge from the corner of his mouth and slide slowly off his chin.

  2. Nadir Sharif examined him quizzically for a moment.

  3. He held the smoke for a moment while he gazed quizzically at Hawksworth, squinting as though the air between them were opaque.

  4. The magistrate who had heard it tapped his pen on the desk, and looked quizzically at the matron.

  5. As Officer Burke finished the letter he looked quizzically at Dr.

  6. The lad shoved a paper at Bobbie, who tossed him a nickel and hurried on, quizzically glancing at the flaring headlines which featured the name of Reggie Van Nostrand and his own.

  7. Quizzically but not unkindly the man [9] resumed his stare.

  8. The quizzically furrowed lines around the man's mouth still held their faint ironic humor but the boy's face in the full light showed strangely stark.

  9. The editor tapped the window gently, the young officer gazing quizzically at him the while.

  10. She flashed upon me that rare wonderful smile of hers; she looked me in the eyes quizzically with her head bent slightly to one side; but for once her usual readiness seemed to have forsaken her.

  11. He recovered in a moment, but he surveyed me quizzically before replying.

  12. Etienne stopped and gazed quizzically at the young man who thus expounded the law for lovers.

  13. He listened, squinted quizzically through the glass of his chaise's rear curtain, and then climbed down.

  14. Mr. Burgess, a fat man, slightly bald, looked at him quizzically over his steel rimmed spectacles.

  15. He smiled at me quizzically from his desk.

  16. She looked at him quizzically for a moment.

  17. And she looked quizzically at Mrs. Chichester.

  18. Finally she looked up at him quizzically for a moment, then asked:-- "Do you really want to know?

  19. Pemmican looked long and quizzically into Challoner's eyes.

  20. Laura, in extending her hand to Blythe, who had resumed his stormcoat, gazed quizzically into his rugged face.

  21. Without the least movement of his grotesquely-paunched body, Judd turned his head sidewise and viewed Louise quizzically through his sharp, red-rimmed, oddly small eyes.

  22. With a new cigarette glowing he lay back and looked quizzically at the women lined up before Monitaya.

  23. The red man squinted quizzically at the smoke feather as if it mattered little to him where he was.

  24. The girl looked at him quizzically for a moment.

  25. When they were again alone D'Arnot looked quizzically at Tarzan.

  26. When the cocoa had been made and brought into the study, Mrs. Garton looked quizzically at Douglas.

  27. Out from her flickering aura of yellow lantern-light little Eve Edgarton peered forth quizzically into Barton's darkness.

  28. Quizzically for an instant, as if to accumulate further courage, she cocked her little head on one side and stared blankly into Barton's astonished eyes.

  29. A trifle quizzically he stepped forward and peered into his daughter's face.

  30. Quizzically for an instant she stared off into space, then quite abruptly she gave a quick, funny little sniff.

  31. Just for an instant with quizzically twisted eyebrows his glance flashed back sardonically to Barton's suffering face.

  32. He is improving," the girl replied, and her eyes narrowed as she gazed quizzically at him.

  33. The Chief turned his eyes quizzically upon the Englishman, who muttered a half-smothered cry of surprise.

  34. Nana Sahib drew forth a gold cigarette case, lighted a cigarette from a fireball that stood in a brass cup, and gazed quizzically at the Dewan.

  35. The Major looked at him quizzically as he stood pistols in hand in all the grandeur of his assumed character.

  36. The Major looked at him quizzically as he rammed the ball down hard.

  37. And he looked quizzically at McKenzie through the cigar smoke.

  38. The mate looked quizzically at him for a second, and taking the pipe from his mouth, remarked, "Ye were a hell of a long time doin' it!

  39. I see," said the doctor again looking quizzically into the sweet face of the girl, and doing reverence to her pure beauty with his gaze.

  40. Then he laughed, or, to speak the truth, cackled, for the effort of real laughter was beyond him, while he glanced quizzically at Geoff as that young officer coloured furiously.

  41. It made him quite nervous when people referred to his linguistic accomplishments, and more particularly so when the one who spoke was a merry naval officer who smiled quizzically at him as he asked his question.

  42. Instead, he looked at her quizzically and smiled.

  43. Good eyed him quizzically as they shook hands, and smiled, half wistfully, half amusedly.

  44. I looked quizzically into his eyes to see what effect this would have, and if there was no evidence of a mist of pleasure and affection being vigorously restrained I was very much mistaken.

  45. And indeed there are moments--" He glanced quizzically at his eldest son.

  46. He leaned back in his big wicker armchair and looked quizzically across at his niece Celia, who lay upon her couch at the other side of the room.


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