peering

Example Sentences

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“That’s teasing,” said Bat, but he was peering into the enclosure and didn’t feel very upset.

From Literature

“If you’d seen that poor half-drowned critter peering up out of that bookcase, you wouldn’t have asked either. I believe in leaving well enough alone, my boy.”

From Literature

But the monkeys all ran to the outer branches of the tree, and I realized it couldn’t be the snake because they were peering into the distance— out over the lake.

From Literature

Leo goes back to peering out the window.

From Literature

On a warm Friday morning, a group of organizers, academics and public officials stood in MacArthur Park, peering at an empty soccer field.

From Los Angeles Times