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A few of the Company looked sceptically from one to another.

He narrowed his eyes sceptically, but said no more about it.

Just in case, he kept smiling sceptically throughout the whole story.

It could have been left there, I guess,' he said, sceptically.

The results of these experiments were at first sceptically received by the scientific community.

He bent over the napkin, then looked up at me sceptically.

It was something he had learned long ago, and sceptically, from Modesty.

His black brows rose sceptically at this small amount of information.

They looked at him, and Jane raised an eyebrow sceptically.

But many in America have received that report sceptically.

He shook his head sceptically without looking at me.

At the same time he shook his head sceptically.

No one allowed himself to smile sceptically at that.

We could have got the handwriting analysed,' he said sceptically.

"One might take that with a grain of salt," I remarked sceptically.

However, the introduction of the euro was greeted very sceptically by people in many countries.

He frowned sceptically as she picked up a handful of small stones.

Maggie didn't think she would see and her eyes met Mitch's sceptically.

I'd like to see how you arrived at those figures, Bannerman said sceptically.

He looked at her sceptically, his eyes searching hers.

Our second signal is to the people who sceptically oppose globalisation.

Emily looked at her adopted son sceptically, then shook her head.

He looked out sceptically; the night was cold and there was a hint of rain.

"Every country has its stories of ogres and monsters," Silk said sceptically.

"We should look sceptically at grand plans and utopian visions.

As if that's going to be possible, the little voice inside her said skeptically.

He looked at me skeptically; it was a pretty standard answer.

American officials have so far responded skeptically to the idea.

The woman looked skeptically at Data, as though noticing him for the first time.

Both work best when practiced skeptically, in company with each other.

They regard this new land skeptically as one must when he is not sure of himself.

As a result, he listened to Bush's claims more skeptically.

"They told you to go to hell," he said skeptically.

There are a number of reasons to treat this result skeptically.

He considered skeptically, I could see, my remark upon our numbers.

He would nod, skeptically, as if to say, sure you are.

She raised her head as he finished and looked at Charlie skeptically.

The little man put his bucket down, and regarded him skeptically.

Anyone familiar with military stories would have viewed it skeptically.

If the market has looked skeptically on entertainment stocks, it's probably for a very good reason.

She looked at me skeptically, a little of the cynicism returning.

"My own experience had caused me to skeptically conclude something that was wrong," he said.

If so, it should be viewed skeptically as a campaign with strategic potential.

The two demons looked at one another skeptically, but they did not voice their doubts again.

She eyed him skeptically, thinking he was going to grin at any moment.

Now news organizations say they are starting to look at the science journals a bit more skeptically.

He looked at her skeptically and decided to take a hard-edged approach.

And judges are already looking more skeptically at banks' legal claims.

"No secret that powerful can be kept for long," Scott said skeptically.