leer
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My remarks moved an apoplectic plaintiff’s lawyer to point across the room at his opposing counsel, leer in my direction, and ask, “So are you accusing me of colluding with him?”
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
"Ahhh did Emmy pee her pants?" they leer.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2022
The filmmaking deserves credit for refusing to leer as the ladies convincingly kick and punch — all focus is on the stunts, not on sex appeal.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
He was similarly positive about the film's villain as Lyutsifer Safin, writing: "Rami Malek, with mottled skin, an all-seeing leer, and the caressing voice of a depraved monk, makes him a hypnotic creep."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2021
The mouth was a tortured smile, a leer.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
His tenor is white-hot, piercing through the orchestra, threatening to burst into flames as Hades, in his sleazy green leisure suit, leers at Eurydice and stretches the syllables of her name into a sinister design.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
A sturdy wooden lectern is a central prop, and a giant bald eagle insignia, looking strangely lascivious, leers from the backdrop.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2014
Around the young people forms the winking, condescending conspiracy of gossip, a world that suspects pleasure and leers at beauty.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2013
Mop-wigged Brent Hinkley romps, leers and honks a great Harpo.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2012
“You know what my father always says, Todd Hewitt?” he leers up at me.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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
Teachers leered at her: “You’re the girl who was dating G.M., aren’t you? I’ve read all his books. I’m a big fan.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 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
And, with that, he shuffled to the edge of the pit and leered down at his helpless prisoners.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
Such discussions helped establish the difference between witnessing as a matter of civic responsibility and leering voyeurism.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
There are T-shirts, phones, watches, furniture, clocks, slippers, tents, wallets, trading cards, eye shadow and roller skates with Garfield’s leering image.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
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
Something with wet black eyes was leering up at him, not human at all.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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