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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

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

He looked at me peeringly in the darkness; and then, somewhat harshly, “Well, I can’t leave the bridge, my man,” said he.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Rowland climbed into many awkward places, and skirted, intently and peeringly, many an ugly chasm and steep-dropping ledge.

From Roderick Hudson by James, Henry