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UK
/lˈiə/
]
NOUN
- a suggestive or sneering look or grin
- a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
VERB
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look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
The men leered at the young women on the beach
How To Use leer In A Sentence
- In the same article linked to above, Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky said that she's "leery" about incineration and approves of composting. Peace, order and good government, eh?: October 2003 Archives
- He said he saw a bandoleer, which held 12 - gauge shotgun shells, but no guns.
- LIZZIE: ( ironically ) With five thousand a year, would not matter if he warts and a leer.
- The men leered at the young women on the beach
- This impression was often based on an aversion to the strong odour of the camels rather than the cameleers themselves.
- He lit a cigarette and took a swig of the alcohol and grinned at me, a grin that was rapidly becoming a leer.
- Without her I wouldn't have the mental image of Dick Cheney decked out like Rambo with a belt fed machine gun in one hand, and bandoleers crossed over his ripped chest, standing in the city street in front of some WW2 tanks. Tired of pink men.
- His characters were cads, letches, and leering louses, but they effectively tapped a bit of that inappropriate urge in us all.
- He was a few years older than Karl and had already served as a fusileer. Paras. 100–199
- Her dark hair was disarrayed in all directions about her head, and her icy blue eyes leered up at me from beneath a veil of hair.
