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
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
One sat above the living room sofa, leering at disquieted visitors.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022
He sat across from Antinous while more ghosts crowded around, leering as if they expected to see a particularly vicious arm-wrestling contest.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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