peering

Example Sentences

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Weel, weel; there was a callant here no' sae lang syne, speering after ye.

From The Bushranger's Secret by Clarke, Henry, Mrs.

They engaged in many amusements, of which I was incapable, and could only look on and laugh at-such as catching crabs, and speering flounders by torchlight.

From A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren by Charless, Charlotte Taylor Blow

If yo be speering about Mester Potts, squoire," observed the groom, "ey con tell ye.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

After hearkening at the door for a while, and finding all quiet, he gave a knock to rouse him up and see if we could bring anything out of him by speering him cross-questions.

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various

And there will be jilting and jeering, And glancing of bonnie dark een; Loud laughing and smooth-gabbit speering O' questions, baith pawky and keen.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles