leered

Example Sentences

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The home fans leered at every tackle and roared their men on, and the Edinburgh side responded well with a glut of first-half chances, but were profligate and hesitant in the final third.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2022

Or worse, he leered at it, encouraged it.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2021

The cop walked up to us, leered at the camera’s LCD screen, and said, “Hey, that looks great!”

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2019

It leered at Bertha and Mabel with a sloppy grin and cloudy blue eyes.

From Nature • Aug. 28, 2018

Sigurd’s ghost leered at her from the back of her mind.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack