leering

Example Sentences

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So when Lal was promoted to Raiders receivers coach in 2009, he had a legend leering over his shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 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 Washington Commanders have jettisoned the leering cruds who made up Snyder’s inner circle and replaced them with sober, empathetic professionals such as Jason Wright, and Snyder was fined $10 million.

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022

At the foot of my bed, the block tower loomed, jagged and leering.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon