leering

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The final shot is one of the most foreboding in Hollywood history, with Nazis in uniform reflected in the cabaret’s distorted mirror, leering from the VIP seats at the front of the stage.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

That allowed host Chris Rock to join his fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum and pretend to be Zeta-Jones — the object of Sandler’s scripted leering.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

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

‘It was an orc-weapon,’ he said, holding it gingerly, and looking with disgust at the carved handle: it had been shaped like a hideous head with squinting eyes and leering mouth.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien