leer
Example Sentences
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Guys leer at us suspiciously as I pull out my composition notebook to interview Denis about his latest experience in Green Haven, but they keep their distance.
From Slate • May 19, 2025
Hace más o menos una década, Andrea Clay se conectó a internet para leer sobre las nuevas directrices revisadas sobre el chequeo del cáncer de cuello uterino.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022
"Ahhh did Emmy pee her pants?" they leer.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 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
It was a taut leer, an evil thing, more threatening than a look of rage.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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