leering

Example Sentences

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One reason why is that Bon Jovi never seemed leering in the way that some of your ’80s hair-metal contemporaries did.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024

He added it was a "privilege and honour" to be now playing the leering, flamboyant Emcee in "this incredible show".

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023

“The Idol” is gross and leering in the way the set reports suggested, but it’s also inept in a way that Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria” would not suggest.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

The nuptials were a celebration that was kept from the leering eyes of the public.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2022

Cain hooked his long rope around a leering gargoyle’s neck and swung across an expanse of flat wall, landing on a balcony ledge fifteen feet below the flag.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas