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
Danglar's face had gone a mottled purple; the misshapen thing at Danglar's side was leering at her most curiously.
From The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
The besotted face of Farley, ghastly white and blear-eyed, was leering at them through a hole in the rear wall.
From Bloom of Cactus by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
