leer

Judge John Woosley ruled that in “ ‘Ulysses,’ in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist.”

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

"Ahhh did Emmy pee her pants?" they leer.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2022

He was similarly positive about the film's villain as Lyutsifer Safin, writing: "Rami Malek, with mottled skin, an all-seeing leer, and the caressing voice of a depraved monk, makes him a hypnotic creep."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2021

In focus groups, McCall’s advisers marveled at the kneejerk antipathy their opponent could generate — the pique, the entitlement, the smile that could slide into a kind of maniacal leer when it became too toothy.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2021

A lumpy-looking man with an odd lopsided leer gave a wheezy giggle.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

His tenor is white-hot, piercing through the orchestra, threatening to burst into flames as Hades, in his sleazy green leisure suit, leers at Eurydice and stretches the syllables of her name into a sinister design.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021

A sturdy wooden lectern is a central prop, and a giant bald eagle insignia, looking strangely lascivious, leers from the backdrop.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2014

Around the young people forms the winking, condescending conspiracy of gossip, a world that suspects pleasure and leers at beauty.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2013

Mop-wigged Brent Hinkley romps, leers and honks a great Harpo.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2012

But the leers and hostility from the outside world had soured me on that plan, and the thought of living alone left me cold.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The home fans leered at every tackle and roared their men on, and the Edinburgh side responded well with a glut of first-half chances, but were profligate and hesitant in the final third.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2022

Or worse, he leered at it, encouraged it.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2021

The cop walked up to us, leered at the camera’s LCD screen, and said, “Hey, that looks great!”

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2019

Lying to her family and leered at by the police, Alice has no option but to fend for herself.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2018

As it was Halloween, a cloud of live bats was fluttering around the enchanted ceiling, while hundreds of carved pumpkins leered from every corner.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

So when Lal was promoted to Raiders receivers coach in 2009, he had a legend leering over his shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024

He added it was a "privilege and honour" to be now playing the leering, flamboyant Emcee in "this incredible show".

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023

“The Idol” is gross and leering in the way the set reports suggested, but it’s also inept in a way that Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria” would not suggest.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

The nuptials were a celebration that was kept from the leering eyes of the public.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2022

There was, in that handshake, a claiming, a leering, and for this she had always harbored a small dislike, but she had never told Blaine because she was also sorry about her dislike.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie