leered

Example Sentences

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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

It leered from tactically naive Keegan to the European sophisticate Sven-Goran Eriksson.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2016

Will of the Woods leered at her even as he took a knee.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin