leer
verb (used without object)
to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intent.
was leering
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past progressiveof leer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The previous Punchdrunk mask was leering, avian, a variation of those worn by medieval plague doctors.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Something with wet black eyes was leering up at him, not human at all.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
It was a bitter, angry voice, and looking down they saw that it came from a small black Seal who was leering at them from a moonlit pool of water.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
The skittish widow was leering at a deacon of an amorous complexion, but as he did not, and, in fact, could not see her, all her efforts were cast away.
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Now I could not possibly do Jean--who was leering significantly at me, and had taken me into his confidence on the way--the injury of making light of the case.
From The Children of the World by Paul Heyse
