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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of leer.

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Examples

  • Mr. WOODS: And implying that they're going to be getting leered at in the showers, and that they're going to have to room with some flamboyant person who's going to try to force themselves upon them.

    Coming Out From Life Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 2010

  • Mr. WOODS: And implying that they're going to be getting leered at in the showers, and that they're going to have to room with some flamboyant person who's going to try to force themselves upon them.

    Coming Out From Life Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 2010

  • Nightmarish faces leered at her out of alleyways and she took off running, blindly, desperately, terrified.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Michael leered, and I hit him again, then kissed him long and hard while cars flew past us, honking and weaving in and out of lanes.

    Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011

  • He turned and leered at Jane, as if planning to attack her next.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • The faces leered around her; the foreign jabbering hurt her ears.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • A smiling, sundarkened face leered out at me; broken teeth – and was that a straw hanging limply from his lips?

    2009 July « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • A smiling, sundarkened face leered out at me; broken teeth – and was that a straw hanging limply from his lips?

    The Stainless Steel Rat Returns – Chapter 1 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • Michael leered, and I hit him again, then kissed him long and hard while cars flew past us, honking and weaving in and out of lanes.

    Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011

  • But that was hard to believe when the wires squirmed in her hands, when Signor Luciano and Nico leered at her, when Signora Luciano yelled at her, when everyone she loved was so far away.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

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