Distrustfully

The dog lifted his massive head and stared at Nicki distrustfully. ❋ Jennifer Weiner (2010)

Only Bayard stood back from the merrymaking, to the side of the brotherly chat, watching me closelyperhaps even a little distrustfully, though perhaps the distrust I saw in his face arose from my sense of my own misdeeds, from my fear of discovery. ❋ Sydney Kilgore (2010)

"I never knew him change his mind in such a fashion," protested Gwion distrustfully. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He nudged another fifty-cent Kmart ball away from the pile and addressed it distrustfully. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I wrinkled my nose distrustfully because this was not how things worked. ❋ Stephanie Kuehnert (2008)

The reading lights are dim, however, and the flat black plasma television screen ignores the hand remotes, as does the safe the combination I distrustfully punch in. ❋ Updike, John (2008)

We came to the house, and it is an old house, full of great chimneys where wood is burnt on ancient dogs upon the hearth, and grim portraits (some of them with grim legends, too) lower distrustfully from the oaken panels of the walls. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The woman looks at him distrustfully, and with her anger brewing for the event of his thinking better of the gift; but he bestows it on her as if he were abstracting his mind from the sacrifice, and with many servile thanks she goes her way. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He was gobbling mincemeat, meatbone, bread, cheese, and pork pie, all at once: staring distrustfully while he did so at the mist all round us, and often stopping — even stopping his jaws — to listen. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mr. Tulkinghorn seems to meditate as he looks distrustfully at her, then he replies, ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mr. George looks distrustfully from the painted ceiling to the ground, from the ground to Mr. Smallweed, from Mr. Smallweed to Mr. Tulkinghorn, and from Mr. Tulkinghorn to the painted ceiling again, often in his perplexity changing the leg on which he rests. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Dombey, who stopped when he had set his foot within the door, and looked distrustfully around. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Savely looked distrustfully at his wife, put out his lips towards the lamp, but at once thought better of it and clasped his hands. ❋ Unknown (2004)