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Example sentences for "leered"

Lexicographically close words:
leeks; leel; leen; leer; leere; leering; leers; leery; lees; leese
  1. One of the prince's followers rode close to him--leaned low from the saddle--and leered into his face.

  2. Again the horrid shapes leered at me from out the gloom.

  3. They leered at me, and mocked me, and oh!

  4. The fat lady collapsed in a fainting fit, the two elderly merchants edged away from the board as far as they could, and Giustina uttered another piercing shriek when the Tartar leered at her.

  5. Giustina watched him without turning her head, and judged that, after all, he had only meant to show his admiration for her beauty when he had leered so horribly.

  6. She leered up, her hand still clutching his, her hair falling over her eyes.

  7. Narcisso leered at him cunningly, and spat.

  8. As he leered at her over the disorder between them he took from his pocket a flat bundle which he tossed to her.

  9. He hesitated purposely and leered at the girl, then the three-spot disappeared and beneath it lay the ace as the king had lain on that other wager.

  10. But her face was evil; it showed unmistakable signs of a long devotion to the bottle; the old eyes leered and ogled, the old lips were wicked.

  11. And suddenly there came up to him an old woman and leered at him in a fashion that made him suddenly realize how dreadful old age may be.

  12. As he looked, the eyes leered more ominously.

  13. As he strode past the bonfire a man's face leered at him from the far side.

  14. She leered down upon me from every side until I seemed to stare into a thousand faces, each wearing her hateful, sardonic smile.

  15. The old man looked round the table, and leered more horribly than ever, as if in triumph, at the attention which was depicted in every face.

  16. He jumped up, and the leaden eyes which twinkled behind his mountainous cheeks leered horribly upon the food as he unpacked it from the basket.

  17. And the old man rubbed his hands, and leered as if in delight at having found another point of view in which to place his favourite subject.

  18. He went on to his mine and looked it over, and as he passed the Professor leered out at him; there was something that he knew, some bad news or spiteful gossip, for he found pleasure only in evil.

  19. He slouched down on the store platform and leered about him evilly, but Denver had retreated to his cave under the cliff and the Slogger returned to the mine.

  20. He turned abruptly away and went striding back towards the town and the Professor leered at Denver.

  21. I went home to play the game, until my eyes tired so that the face of king, queen, and knave leered at me in defeat or simpered sickeningly when I was able to shape their destinies.

  22. His offer to supply, free of cost, a quantity of pig-iron ample for the purpose left this hypothesis unavoidable, for Westley winked flagrantly and leered when he voiced it.

  23. He pointed at it and leered up into her face.

  24. Beasley leered over the rim of his glass as he drank his whisky.

  25. Akbar, as he capered off, the rupees jingling in his pocket, to more legitimate and less lucrative pursuits, winked and leered to himself over his own surpassing wickedness and wisdom.

  26. Akbar-khan's wicked old eyes positively leered approval; he waggled his head and chuckled.

  27. A tall man with an inflamed countenance and fierce, black eyes, that were somewhat vitreous, now leered down upon him.

  28. He leered at her, put an arm about her waist, pulled her to him, and kissed her oafishly.

  29. And he pulled away from me just when I was trying to force him into the buggy--pulled away and sort of leered up at me, waving that handful of bills right under my nose.

  30. Ask him," he leered around the room, an insinuating accent that was unmistakable underrunning the words.

  31. He leered as if this were rather a good joke or a compliment.

  32. Conward seemed at last to have dropped the mask; he leered insolently, triumphantly, in Dave's face.

  33. Conward leered only the more offensively, and walked down the stairs beside him.

  34. The clawing hand hauled at my shoulder; he leered at me knowingly.

  35. He took his partner under the arm with a firm grip, swung him round, and, unexpectedly, leered at me over his shoulder.

  36. He shut one of his beastly glassy eyes (the eyelid went on quivering) while he leered at me atrociously with the other.

  37. She was sure that all the men on the street, even Guy Pollock and Sam Clark, leered at her in an interested hopeful way, as though she were a notorious divorcee.

  38. Enemies leered through the windows, stole on her from the hall.

  39. And, saying this, he glared balefully at me with one eye and leered jocosely with the other, and into my ribs came his elbow again.

  40. But the bed and the room and the oak press were all familiar, and the grotesque heads had leered and gaped and frowned at me before, and haunted my boyish dreams many and many a night.

  41. As Wardo and Nicanor approached he leered upon them balefully.

  42. He leered at Siyah Yamin, who threw up her dainty little head disdainfully.

  43. He shook his wicked old head and leered with his wicked old eye.

  44. It was very large and round, half human, half animal, and wholly beastly, with abnormally long, lidless eyes of pale blue that leered at the affrighted girl in the most sinister manner.

  45. The eyes, deep, sunken and lurid, leered malignantly at her, whilst the mouth was distorted into a diabolical grin.

  46. Rotherby leered at him, his lip trembling with anger.

  47. From the black head leered two eyes, black as jet, and nothing more appeared.

  48. Long leered the eyes; then from the palace a voice cried.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.