I followed the woman to the window of an upper room, and we looked out, standing back and peering fearfully over the sill.
I struck the foot of the stairs heavily, and got up groaning; but ceased to groan and held my breath, as peering through the half light of the entry, I saw over what I had fallen.
I have at least as much right as those," he answered, pointing to the roof of the Cathedral, over the battlements of which a number of heads could be seen peering down at us.
He drew me, to escape these, into a doorway; but still a man stoodpeering in at us.
It was not wonderful that for a second, peering through the reek, she doubted.
Night had fallen, but it was not quite dark; and dreading every eye, I hurried on through the dusk, now peering anxiously forward, and now looking and listening for the first sounds of pursuit.
The men were silent for a moment, peering at the mare.
There came a clatter on the stairs which broke the reverie which held him, and he stepped forward to the door, peering out into the hall to see the cause of the unusual noise.
Before a crime such as this we seem to find ourselves peering into the contorted visage of primitive man, obeying no law but his own caprice.
Mist from land and water rose and floated over the mountains on both sides; but the peaks held themselves above it, and stood peering at one another.
The alder-buyer's wrinkled eyes werepeering sideways at an auction announcement pinned to the wall.
She stands peering at Ynys, more as seeing in her a subject than as at a fellow-being.
Peering in through the window he could see Burton in the little office at the back, working at the combination of the safe by match-light.
Already the town lights were peering mistily through the haze, and in a few minutes the sleigh drew up at the door of Gardiner's general store.
It is short a full half-inch on either side, so that the peering observer can see as much as he pleases of what is going on in that room when it is lighted.
And peeringdown with the delicious thrill of alertness that returns from primitive ages even to-day among trees, I perceived Alicia and Randolph with their backs to me in earnest colloquy.
This was a discovery well fitted to increase the interest, and sharpen the curiosity, of the man of peace: who peeringin upon the pair from the chink, gave all his faculties to the duty of listening and observing.
But, looking in that direction, Jack caught the gleam of a pair of eyes, peering from the gloom like the orbs of a jungle tiger gathering himself for a spring.
With scarcely a minute's hesitation he advanced at a rapid stride over the more faintly marked course, peering in advance for a glimpse of his enemies.
Before venturing across the lawn in the direction of the river he spent a minute or two in peering into the surrounding gloom and listening.
The fellow no doubt was peering into the gloom and listening.
Was it a robber reconnoitring the premises; peering and peeping to ascertain whether all the world was at church, before he broke in to rifle the house?
With Louise peering over her shoulder, she spread out the front page of the paper and read the story.
Penny said, peeringfrom behind the window curtain.
In a moment she had scrambled across, had leaped to her feet and was peering into the vast, shadowy interior.
He leaned forward, stooping low, peering into the shadows.
And when, after fifteen minutes peering upward through the widely flung, horizontal branches, she saw him, a swift inspiration came to her; her quarry had not escaped her yet.
The head of a black footman peeringthrough a hole in the garden-wall indicates the true source of the 'Black Joke.
An old antiquary, decrepit and bent, is peeringat the shapely proportions of an Egyptian figure bearing a close resemblance to life.
When they entered the picture-gallery Strangeways paused a moment again, and stood peering down its length.
The first object she became aware of was a thin face with pointed chin and ferret eyes peering at her round the end of a sofa, then a sharp voice.
So here ye are," returned Hatch, peering forward into the darkness.
Bootless, my master, bootless," said the steersman, peering forward through the dark.
Peering through this, they were struck stiff with terror at their predicament.
At four the baseball candidates scooted to the field-house for cover, although, peering forth through a drenched window, Laurie discerned the football-players still at work.
We don't have such things," answered George, who was peering through a side-light into the dim interior.
Dan strained his eyes, peering ahead at the spear of Starship gleaming in the distant night-lights.
He slid back tight against the coarse black building front, peering across the road in the gloom.
Look how the other boys are peering into the basket as he reads.
She did not play any more that night, but sat in the playroom, pretending to read the Times newspaper; but you could see her eye peering over the sheet, and always fixed on the little imp of a Russian.
The minister, who by this time was also peering into the box, groaned aloud, and then all three forgot their surroundings in the tragedy they were beholding.
Presently he became aware that the old gentleman was peering over his shoulder with intense interest.
Herky-Jerky had his gun in hand, but contented himself with peering from different chinks between the logs.
By peering hard into the darkness and feeling my way I found a bridge.
The door opened very slowly and a little negro girl, with a round woolly head and big startled eyes, stood peering in.
He read in a measured singsong, stopping occasionally to hold the book in a better light and peering at the fine print through his spectacles.
Ellery wandered up and down, picking up shells and sea clams, and peering through the nets of the nearest weir at the "horsefoot crabs" and squid and flounders imprisoned in the pound.
My unele had been about to inflict one of his unwelcome visits on his brother; but he stopped in the street, peering after the post-chaise, until he saw the passenger alight and enter the inn.
She smiled incredulously, and then peeringsharply at my face, she measured me with a glance from head to foot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "peering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
