leer

Example Sentences

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Cruel faces leered at him with merciless white eyes.

From Literature

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 Literature

At the gym, located in Garden Grove, Hansen says they were met with unwelcoming and leering stares before entering the facility.

From Los Angeles Times

Her mouth hung open in a leering smile, and her teeth were large and razor sharp, with a prominent set of gleaming white incisors.

From Literature

The final shot is one of the most foreboding in Hollywood history, with Nazis in uniform reflected in the cabaret’s distorted mirror, leering from the VIP seats at the front of the stage.

From Salon