- present participle of leer.
leering
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There are T-shirts, phones, watches, furniture, clocks, slippers, tents, wallets, trading cards, eye shadow and roller skates with Garfield’s leering image.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
One reason why is that Bon Jovi never seemed leering in the way that some of your ’80s hair-metal contemporaries did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
To add insult to injury, she describes John Eastman, another coup plotter, as flashing a "leering grin" while Giuliani manhandled her.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2023
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
“Isn’t she a beauty?” says the master-at-arms—that grizzled, muscular career seaman, covered in leering skeletal tattoos.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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