Sentence examples for rather suspiciously from inspiring English sources

Ackroyd's new Frankenstein does succeed in reviving a corpse: that of a consumptive medical student named (rather suspiciously) Jack Keat.

But when Laurence asks too many questions of his grandmother's rather banal-seeming gentlemen callers, they worry, rather suspiciously, about him asking "who we are, what we're doing here".

I once ran for a number 82 bus in them without mishap, prompting a passerby to shout, 'Ridiculous.'" Rosamund Pike, actor "When I'm wearing very high heels, people always ask me rather suspiciously, 'Can you really walk in those?' and when I'm wearing Sergio Rossi the answer is always, blithely, 'Absolutely.' Believe it or not, you can even dance in them".

I have to admit, Bill did drop one offhand line about his future -- something about what he'd do if he were "called to public service again" -- which sounded rather suspiciously (to my ear, at any rate) like: "Perhaps Hillary will put me in her cabinet, who knows?" I have to admit a snatch of the song "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" from The Sound Of Music also flitted through my head.

"They want police protection, not police persecution," he wrote, "and because they believe that the incidence of the latter is greater than the former, they believe the present law-enforcement systems must be viewed suspiciously, rather than optimistically".

Or maybe it's "Hello my name is," rather than the suspiciously intoned "Do you live here?" It's a sincere "May I help you?" at Barney's instead of the "May I help you?" served with side eye.

The ECB was very reluctant to embark on bond purchases through its "securities markets programme" last year because that took it into territory that looks suspiciously fiscal rather than monetary.

The new Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly have thrown the Westminster rule-book away, and are designing legislatures which look suspiciously European in style rather than traditionally British.These changes go well beyond pomp and ceremony.

Governor John Hickenlooper, who appoints the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) charged with regulating transportation, is remaining suspiciously silent on the rather aggressive proposal.

Planned by The Football Association FAA), England's football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition.

At first glance, Kendrick Lamar's fourth album – if Untitled Unmastered is an album, rather than a dumping of offcuts – looks suspiciously like a reaction against his third album.