peeringly
- a word derived from peering.
Example Sentences
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Her head leaned itself peeringly from stooped shoulders in such a way that its slim neck took the sort of curve we see in a frightened deer's.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
The youngster and the red-faced girl turn aside up the bushy hill, I peeringly view them from the top.
From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt
The Burgomeister, a pallid, pouch-mouthed man, tremulous, and brick-dusty, like everything else in the village of Erdberg, came forward and peeringly examined the men.
From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
They sat down before the piano, opened the music, carried by the older woman, waited till she had adjusted drooping eye-glasses on her high thin nose, and had peeringly found her place.
From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy
"Ah," said the old woman, and looked at him peeringly, "then you are for Mr. Roger?"
From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh
