How To Use Peer In A Sentence

McCarthy remains dismissive of the allegations and defensive of the former sergeant, saying he was "brutalized" by his colleagues, in particular, by a few senior officers "exerting locker room peer pressure" in the department ranks. MPNnow Home RSS
They kept to the brush and trees, and invariably the man halted and peered out before crossing a dry glade or naked stretch of upland pasturage. War
A number of researchers offer insights on supportive classroom environments and the use of technology in peer learning.
An Augustinian nun in a brown-and-cream habit peered from the small hatch at the entrance. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
We truly are much more team oriented and friendlike to our children than parents have tended to be in the past, in large part because we too identify with many of the peer and academic pressures that kids now face. Childhood Unbound

Make sure you cut holes for your eyes to peer out of or a hole at the top for your your head, but for the sake of moveability, make sure the box only comes down to your knees or waist. Somewhat quick and cheap geek costumes for Halloween
And in a sideswipe at some of his peers, many of whom he feels are languishing in the comfort zone, he refused to pull his punches.
They can also question peers and learn how asking for and giving assistance to one another are keystones to academic success.
More than 30 elaborate scarecrows are peering from hedgerows, fields and chimney pots, as part of the annual scarecrow competition.
I peered over. There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a 11)tribal war dance of sheer unashamed 12)ecstasy.
From the time that I was tall enough to peer over the low, white-painted wall behind the goals, I would attend Easter Road: week in, week out.
Mr Popple peered over the side of the toilet, his right hand leaning on the toilet-seat.
Using polite forms and neutral pronouns with peers is considered effeminate.
Peer ranking requires each group member to rank the performance of all other members from best to worst. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
He peered down into her tearful face with a twisted smile, reaching up to brush some of her wildly cascading hair from her cheek. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Even ‘busy’ surgeons may take a long time to accrete enough performance data to allow valid comparison with their peers, particularly in low volume specialties such as neurosurgery.
The treaty usually took place in the dishevelled drawing-room, after a round of the widely parted chambers, where frowzy beds, covered with frowzy white counterpanes, stood on frowzy carpets or yet frowzier mattings, and dusty windows peered into purblind courts. London Films
There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of any of the British peer-to-peer lending platforms. Times, Sunday Times
Because he wants to get his picture, as the peer convicted of trigamy, on the back page of the '_Daily Mail_,' with the fourth wife inset. If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson
As we peer into the dark caverns of this empty metaphor, we try to discern shapes in our future. Exploring language (6th edn)
At school, like my peers, I was indoctrinated in the mysteries of original and venal sin, virgin birth, the respective criteria for entry to limbo, purgatory, and heaven.
It was an impressive performance, especially when its two largest components, Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland, both had a torpid year. The performance put the Irish market ahead of many of its peers.
My father swore by Kodachrome, taking off his thick-rimmed Philip Larkin spectacles to peer myopically through viewfinders. Brownie Points
Sironi's peer in sculpture was Arturo Martini, who also used archaic forms to enliven the classical tradition in search of a non-rhetorical Fascist style.
These children scored significantly lower on intelligence tests than others in their peer group.
He peerc'd hys backe, and out the bloude ytt ranne. The Rowley Poems
The primary research aim is to examine processes involved in peer tutoring.
She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it.
Yet she agrees they are highly susceptible to peer pressure.
Close against them and overpeering their tops were hollyhocks and dahlias; against these stood at lesser height sweet peas, asters, zinnias, coreopsis and others of like stature; in front of these were poppies for summer, marigolds for autumn; beneath these again were verbenas, candytuft -- all this is sketched from memory, and I recall the winsome effect rather than species and names; and still below nestled portulaca and periwinkle. The Amateur Garden
The assistant peered through the window and saw a group of people feasting, drinking, and reveling.
American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan.
As with this hero, so with others, till Peggy came to look forward, actually, to the history hour; which shows what a teacher can do when she understands her girls, and knows enough to call Plutarch and his peers (if any!) to aid her in her task. Peggy
In response to the exposure of certain Labour peers in respect of their "consultancies", the Lib Dems have "called for a police inquiry" - see here. On "Calling for a Police Inquiry"
Recruiting and retaining skilled scientists and engineers is no easy task; furthermore, such professionals often seek freedom to interact with their peers in other firms.
Cate stared silently ahead, peering into the grove of trees.
Ill eneugh to keep the doors open as it is, let be facing Whitsunday and Martinmas — an auld leather pock there is, Maister Francie, in ane of worthy Maister Bindloose the sheriff-clerk’s pigeon-holes, in his dowcot of a closet in the burgh; and therein is baith charter and sasine, and special service to boot; and that will be chapter and verse, speer when ye list.” Saint Ronan's Well
Many young Marines were left with serious bruising after receiving 20-30 blows from their peers.
The natives congregated in front of the main gate, or would peer over the walls, standing on makeshift bamboo stilts.
He peered closely at the photograph.
If you were sitting there you would have to peer over the pile of cups on your lap.
Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
Omi, "grandee", title, applied to chiefs of conquest, and to subjects holding court office; higher than muraji; inferior title in Temmu's peerage A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
Standing, I shuffled into the kitchen and peered into the space below the sink.
Today the Speaker stands in the order of social precedence immediately after the peerage, ranking higher than any other commoner.
‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly.
The play explores children's honest if naive attempts to reconcile conflicts between rules of peer friendship and the expectations of parents.
Peers would then vote on whether to approve this sanction. Times, Sunday Times
Dragging the quilt around her she climbed out of bed and going to the east-facing window, she peered out. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
In that case, such a hypothesis would then have to withstand the rigors of both scientific method (empirically testing and proving or disproving the hypothesis) and peer review.
What are the fatal flaws that bring him into such contempt among his own peer group?
It came during the bill's committee stage, an unusual time for peers to force votes. Times, Sunday Times
Figures confirm complaints about flying cameras being used to peer into windows are rising. The Sun
I moved over and peered out of one, catching a glimpse of backyard through screens rusted into the old wooden frames.
However, parental monitoring may counterbalance the negative influence of peers on substance use.
But some people get a thrill from peering into the void and acknowledging that life is utterly meaningless. Times, Sunday Times
The effect of peers in influencing whether schoolies engaged in casual sex was strong for both men and women.
They'll both end up with peerages for distinguished service to British football/fashion and people will laugh at their youthful misdemeanours.
By this point, I'm pretty much immune to any potential sexual peer pressure, and won't easily give into doing anything I'm uncomfortable with.
A life peerage is no longer a life sentence. Times, Sunday Times
The most important structuring device of this approach is the question starters that are provided to students to guide their peer discussion.
The Robin peered in with his sharp little eye, and really admired the Tortoise's ingenious labour very much. Parables From Nature
I peered into the goggled face and realised it was Guy, our photographer, who had been with me in Marina's front room for the last hour.
During the tour visitors walk to an impressive overlook to peer into the ill-omened pools of bubbling, black, steaming liquid.
Pro-hunters fear that if peers refuse to back the Commons this time the Government will use the Parliament Acts to steamroller a ban into law.
His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.
New Zealand remain peerless but Australia are back with conviction. Times, Sunday Times
Even though their HDL levels decreased, these patients showed reversal of their heart disease using state-of-the-art measures such as quantitative coronary arteriography, cardiac PET scans, thallium scans, and radionuclide ventriculography in randomized controlled trials published in leading peer-reviewed journals. Cholesterol: The Good, the Bad and the Truth
More controversially, the resource accounts are shared, with electronic statements produced for the street as a whole, leading to self-policing peer group pressure to achieve the targets and so receive rebates.
You experience a thriving mix of Maori, forestry, arts and crafts, a champion Maori rugby team, Tolaga Bay knitwear, peerless beaches and matchless surf.
These do not appear to have been peer-reviewed either. Times, Sunday Times
B.A. Kwiatkowski, Ph.D. has been involved in biomedical research for over twenty years and published several peer reviewed scientific articles in top biomedical journals. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1066
Ascot has royalty, Goodwood offers glorious views towards England's south coast, but, for sheer style and panache, Longchamp is peerless.
Chong Wei has no peers in the tournament, which starts in Johor Baru today, and he should cruise to the title leaving the back-up players fighting for the right to meet him in the final. Nst online
While his peers were busy making mischief and thinking about the opposite sex, he became withdrawn.
It was a simple peer-to-peer network where users' computers would just call each other at night through their old-fashioned modems, exchange information and then move on.
On one occasion we enjoyed a medium drift down a V-shaped channel, watching the usual teeming reef life flash by below and finning back every now and then to peer into crevices before being swept on.
They have incredible resources, and can draw on talent from all over the world, and the standard of competition there really has no peer.
Teamwork is considered to be unimportant, so the tendency to become more individualistic increases; moreover, tolerance toward peers decreases.
In academic research we submit our findings to rigorous peer review.
Mr Cameron pointed out that Lord Paul, the Labour peer and close friend of Gordon Brown, was also a non-dom.
From the distracted and despairing man whom love and longing trepan from the lover under passion’s ban the prisoner of transport and distraction from this Kamar al-Zaman son of Shahriman to the peerless one of the fair Houris the pearl-union to the Lady Budur daughter of King Al Ghayur The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
I'm not a fan of the honours system, or peerages in general because very few genuinely deserve to be lifted in status.
The quality control folders were identified as substandard in five of their six assessments (each folder had two peer and one external group assessments).
The son of a Sydney grocer, Rosewall was a natural left-hander but was taught to play right-handed by his father and developed a peerless backhand.
Furthermore, there is a marked absence of peer pressure here, which would make itself palpably felt when such anti - social conduct occurs.
Their resulting activities are community driven, and they advancer peer-led models of engagement. Marcia G. Yerman: "No to Violence Against Women" Summit Points to Economics
The peer group gives out clear signals to its members both about style and about fundamental values and perspectives.
Anticipate the need for granular SSLPEER filtering by designing a naming convention for certificate distinguished names that contains useful organizational unit fields.
She wrapped a shawl around her shoulders and peered out at the mountains from the window.
“Ed has a bad feeling about this one, boys and girls,” he announced, leaning back in the leather chair at the head of the conference table, peering professorially over his half glasses. The Girls He Adored
The good news is, however, that using integrative negotiation and peer mediation procedures to process academic material has the additional benefit of positively affecting human relations.
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. Keziah Coffin
But please, please do not again fall for the blandishments of peer pressure without asking why.
No one had ever peered at her so intently before, and she generally avoided talking to other people, particularly fully fledged Clayr. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
Hitler also worked with his favorite architect, Albert Speer, on a complete redesign of Berlin that included an immense domed “Great Hall” connected by a three-mile-long avenue to the chancellery. A Renegade History of the United States
I caught my first glimpses of wild rock wallaroos peering at us shyly from the safety of a rocky ledge.
I peered outside at fishermen in green quilted waistcoats sat sheltered beneath big umbrellas beside a pond rippled by raindrops.
Avoid leaving any windows open while you are out and try to ensure valuables are not visible to people peering in. The Sun
When we stood at the bow of the ship we peered over the edge and watched the maidenhead get battered, the wooden carving taking the abuse in stride.
Looking surprised, a little boy peers at the elderly woman, who takes the puzzled gaze as a question.
Instead, I peered up at my ceiling which I'd stippled myself.
This is the last week of classes so I am ending with a bang, or rather a "splat" - the class concludes with a great egg toss (one student today managed to successfully catch a raw egg with her face, much to the enjoyment of her peers) and a brief letter (abridged below) I wrote to all my students, concerning what I have learned in China this past year: Chengdu TOT (Training Of Trainees)
This report of the UK media awards describes a an apocalyptic scene, as scribes, put beyond use with alcohol, heckle and taunt their peers; standing on stools, booing the MC off the stage.
Teased by the gloom, I peered through its sandwich of heaped rings, trinkets and protective glass.
Most of the growth is on peer-to-peer networks, but it is bleeding out on to the web. Times, Sunday Times
For years the term peer-to-peer has been a synonym for piracy to most of the mainstream public. TorrentFreak
It was far too coy, with its prettified animals peering out from their bolt-holes in the paint. SACRAMENT
Why, the old Peer, pox of his tough constitution, (for that malady would have helped him on,) has made shift by fire and brimstone, and the devil knows what, to force the gout to quit the counterscarp of his stomach, just as it had collected all its strength, in order to storm the citadel of his heart. Clarissa Harlowe
She could recall the total disgust that she had felt towards such a cowardly weakling who would cry before his peers; it was revolting.
But hearing himself forespoken so pleasantly, he came to a stand and peered at them through his gold-rimmed glasses. News from the Duchy
Maybe there's been so much rejection from past peers that she acts hyper to get attention.
He is set to become a working peer and likely to mastermind civil service reform. Times, Sunday Times
It is Peer Gynt, who has lived a dissolute life.
This our Peeress declined as unnecessary , alleging that her cousin Thornhill 's recommendation would be sufficient.
But knighthood is an honour, not a peerage; he remained a member of the House of Commons until his retirement in 2001.
My colleagues were my best friends, family, peers, confidantes and mentors.
Even after adjusting for these factors, Costa and Kahn found that veterans from companies lacking in cohesion were six times more likely than peers from cohesive companies to suffer from arteriolosclerosis or to have heart attacks or strokes by their late 50s or early 60s. Environmental and Urban Economics
To improve the real-time performance for visual navigation of the mobile robot, a parallel color image segmentation algorithm using peer group filter(PGF) and fuzzy membership is studied.
The lemkin peered up at the giant and fingered the rope noose nervously. The Size of Things « A Fly in Amber
Benchmarking your business against industry peers, however, will help you to understand your own competitive position in the marketplace and will help you to design strategies to outdistance your competitors.
But for a uniform service which is steeped in its history, culture and tradition, it is not just about the technical skills that you bring, it is this recognition of peer solidarity.
Dove through the sliding doors and whammed them shut, crouching on all fours, heart beating wildly, peering out at him.
For the first and last time in her life, Amelia was too preoccupied to interact with her peers.
ECF does much more than implement RFC 119, so in order to use distributed services, you must create an instance of the ecf. r_osgi.peer container. PlanetJava
The coroner, a thin, elderly, spectacled man, dressed entirely in black, peered disapprovingly at the crowd and wearily sighed as he took his place at the table.
But there was nae speeritooal noorishment to be gotten i 'that houff (haunt)," said Jeames Gentle. Malcolm
I can see her now, fingering her brittle bangs, blinking so fast that this microscopist she's found might be alarmed if he were to look at her, but he has not done much of that; instead he peers at the monitor, uses a sterling accessory to show her the worms. Florida
Neufeld contends that peer orientation undermines family cohesion, poisons the school atmosphere and fosters an aggressively hostile and sexualized youth culture.
However profoundly the Honourable Member for Eatanswill might resent it, the issue of expenses and allowances for MPs and Peers is not going to go away. Archive 2008-01-20
His brown eyes, peering out from a deeply lined face, regarded me with an unswervingly beatific expression. DOUBTING THOMAS
The criticisms of these bodies were also endorsed this week by a committee of MPs and peers. Times, Sunday Times
He started peering around all the parts of the machine and even got down on his knees like he was an engineer of some sort.
Peer pressure is strong among young people .
Amy peered round at the vast landscape surrounding her and held her fingers to her nose to block the awful stench of rotting corpses.
Technology is spawning new competitors in areas such as peer-to-peer lending and digital banking. Times, Sunday Times
I reckon," he continued, solemnly, peering at the other from under his rusty hat-brim, "I reckon when you see him, maybe you'll want to put a kind of codicil to that deed to the 'Herald.' The Gentleman from Indiana
The topmost peak of the Civita also peers out above the fir-woods bordering the eastern face of Monte Crot; and far away, beyond the sunny vista of the Val Fiorentino, the faint blue peak of the Marmolata is seen against the horizon, its snow-slope outlined in frosted silver. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
Peer into the dark recesses of America's heart and this, apparently, is what you'll find.
He rubbed warmth into his arms, peering through the fog to see if he could spot the stranger.
The second sandwolf peered from the side of the quarasote, then turned, and bounded to a second clump of quarasote, before vanishing into a gully so small that Wendra could barely make it out. Darkness
Even the tots wore their costumes and enjoyed the fun, peering through their grotesque masks, and frightening their elders.
The expanded literature search was very coincident with the initial search, providing most of the same reasons, purposes, and impetuses for developing peer institution selection systems.
We could have at some more Republican hacks now, like Steven Milloy, the Junkman of Science, who says he has a masters in biostatistics from Johns Hopkins, but to judge from the ISI Web of Science, not a single peer reviewed scientific publication. BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University
Elanor was peering in the doorway, her fur bristling.
Frequently these informants were simply adolescents seeking to frighten peers or parents, by fabricating evidence of cult ritual.
Jah, ma tean, et iga kord kui Milanos kraanat näed, siis tuleb mõelda "maffia" või "korrumpeerunud poliitik (ud)". Tatsutahime Diary Entry
He made him a life peer in 1998 along with a whole load of other buddies once he'd shipped out some of the old duffers with legislative reform.
The reason this fund outperformed its peers was due to good stock picking.
I recall his beery breath and purple veined nose peering through my car window, then there was my dad pushing him out of the way. P_n_elrod: Da Winnah and a ** Newer** Drawing!
What about ‘non-traditional’ scholarship, which may appear in obscure peer-reviewed journals or specialized monographs.
I would rather have that than a knighthood or peerage. The Sun
Ai haz a bitt uv an awf-toppik kweschun – peery oddiklolee ai sea sumwun menshun a paij foar cheezepeeps awn teh buk ov fayses – wuud sumwun pweese letz mih noe wich wun itz izz? Dont worry, if da guy grabs your purse, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
I lifted the lid of the box and peered in.
She believes that hereditary peerages should be abolished.
She peered through the glass walls of the vivarium at over a dozen intertwined snakes, boasting all sorts of exotic colors and markings. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment
The prophetesses peer into the future, and see nothing untoward, but they, too, dream and awake screaming.
He insisted two years ago that he would not follow Labour grandees in accepting a peerage. Times, Sunday Times
I peer through the magnifier at the still struggling insect.
He'd peered back at them from the wings of the stage as he exited.
It will not be easy to find his peer.
General Shafter corrected, and the three officers, bouncing about as they tried to peer down through the clouds, laughed.
Naomi admits that it was peer pressure to be "cool" that drove her into having sex early.
Wasif was laughing though, fit to burst, and the people of the teahouse were gathering around with puzzled but interested faces, peering. KARA KUSH
It was full of monuments to the dependents of peers, in which the peers figured very largely and the dependents fared humbly -- the epitome of flunkeydom. A Student in Arms Second Series
If we abdicate our roles as adults, it will be media and peers that educate our kids.
She peered at her friend, hardly recognizing her face.
‘This is Isaac - I expect you to treat him with the same respect as your peers,’ she chirruped, and then pointed to the empty desk behind me where Rachael usually sat.
Stage one saw the removal of most of the hereditary peers, leaving 92, who were to remain during a transitional period.
One of my peers remembers that her mother forbad her to eat peaches in the summer for fear that the virus could flourish in the "peach fuzz. Polio
Nowadays, major disclosures of the soon-to-be recipients of knighthoods and peerages are commonplace.
The script is by Julian Fellowes, probably the first Oscar-winning writer to have been ennobled — he was made a life peer by being given a barony in the honors list published in November. Peerless Titles
Are they concerned with false negative laparotomies and adverse peer review? Was it Defensive Medicine or a Necessary Test?
Participants were presented with four hypothetical scenarios in which a peer caused them harm, such as damage to their property.
She peered out at the world from beneath a yellow straw hat - a "boater," with circular crown and flat brim - wore a green wool muffler looped around her neck, and was lost in the immensity of Khristo's sheepskin jacket while he made do with a heavy sweater. NPR Topics: News
Returning to England as "the Heroine of the Crimea", she used personal illness (a disabling condition that Bostridge and his peers identify as brucellosis) to hold her family at bay so as to be free to focus on the business of sanitary and medical reform for which she has become justly celebrated. Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk
Following consecutive defeats away at Tottenham and Wigan Athletic, Arsene Wenger's gaze has shifted from having the title firmly in his sights to nervously peering over his shoulder at the chasing pack. Football.co.uk news feed
The old peer took several somewhat hampered steps, and she noticed that his red slippers were heelless. The Silver Spoon
Okay,' he said, as he took off his glasses and peered through the eyepiece. RESCUING ROSE
The horse looked about in the thick of the night, as the head of the horse peers out of the cloak, in Welsh mummery, at Christmas-tide. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale
They say residents in the top floors will be able to peer down on their tennis court and table tennis area. The Sun
To this day, the combination of acceleration, dynamic performance and braking power offered by the current 911 Turbo continues to set the model apart from its peers.
Furnished sparely with two easels and several chairs to underscore the physical proximity of the artists when they inhabited the studio together, it was enclosed by gauzy translucent walls so that it could be peered into but not entered.
The positive function of peer review in teaching foreign language writing is well recognized.
When Christian does not protest and only peers back unblinkingly, Lucas allows his hand to lightly graze the downy skin of Christian's cheek before gingerly laying it upon the blonde's hand.
I peer suspiciously at my co-workers lunches to see what they’re shoveling in there that comes out so malodorously. The Bog Report « XUP
Two new peer-reviewed scientific papers ram the point home. Times, Sunday Times
Getting nominated for this award is usually the first indication that a professional woman or a female entrepreneur has been noticed by her colleagues, peers, clients or superiors for the role she plays in her organisation.
Peer pressure among journalists also can have a powerful influence on improving performance.
In the 1980s, the Conservative Party also received loans that magically resulted in the loaner getting a peerage, and it still does the same thing today.
Although it is still too early to draw any final conclusions, we do have incipient evidence that the peer groups are making a difference.
He peered at me like I'd just puked up on his jeans.
The commission will also vet all nominations for life peers, including those made by the political parties, for the highest standards of propriety.
One worthwhile peer - teaching a activity is called'synergy.
Probably, he thought, peering out through struggling wind screen wipers at rows of brake lights ahead.
As the ribbon is the auxiliary products, profits have been relatively modest, and the constant peer companies to join, rising raw material prices has led to increasing competition.
As a historical record this book is without a compeer.
This document defines an overall peer review process.
Asked why one heavy user ( "dweeb" was the term of art from the questioner) could slow an entire network, McSlarrow said that capacity is still primarily devoted to downstream information, but upstream capacity has been strained by the rise of peer-to-peer networks. C - Advertising News
The peeress or daughter of a peer received a kiss from Queen Victoria. The Court Presentation | Edwardian Promenade

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