leering

Example Sentences

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Nor do they hover around the main action, loosing barbs of criticism or leering suggestively over their martinis or wistfully reminiscing about the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 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

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

When I got older and complained of leering looks and jeers, how did being told "don't be so sensitive" undermine my trust in my own senses?

From Salon • May 21, 2022

I saw them leering and laughing, and something clicked inside me.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King