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Recent Examples of leer
Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
At the wedding, all of the couple’s guests morph into Sheeran, who leers at the horrified actor.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
Courtney’s performance works best in leering psycho mode, less so when Tucker is bloviating philosophically — but that’s the fault of the script.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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Noun
Boomer men turn their necks and leer brazenly, but another contingent is harder to notice at first.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
At the wedding, all of the couple’s guests morph into Sheeran, who leers at the horrified actor.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
But Trump and Epstein’s association has been out in the open for nearly a quarter century; nineties-era footage of the gruesome twosome together at Mar-a-Lago, leering at a group of young cheerleaders, has been circulating since at least 2019.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
Courtney’s performance works best in leering psycho mode, less so when Tucker is bloviating philosophically — but that’s the fault of the script.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
Noun
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In Iris’ eyes (which Petrova communicates nonverbally via smitten stares), bonding with Aris, even if under circumstances mostly advantageous to him, fills an empty cup within her.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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His smoldering stare has been illegally printed on T-shirts by dozens of small Chinese businesses through the global marketplace AliExpress.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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It has been created because someone, somewhere, wanted to ogle women.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2026
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When the coach did something inappropriate or abusive—ogling them in the showers, leaving his hand on their backsides a count or two too long, rubbing their thigh on a car ride to their homes—they’d simply grin and bear it.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The rich brown shade imparts barely-noticeable color that subtly brightens my gaze, while lifting and separating each lash with just a few swipes.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2026
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With his piercing gaze, he’d been known to freeze people momentarily in place, like a mesmerist.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Buyers were also eying K-beauty makeup.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The city's purchase of the downtown Indianapolis heliport, which sits on land eyed as a potential site for a future soccer stadium, has stalled after Attorney General Todd Rokita and a Fort Wayne billionaire asked federal officials to reconsider their approval of the deal.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Under the roof — with the glare gone, the temperature easing across the third and fourth sets and the radiated heat from the court plummeting — the momentum swung.—
John Pye,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2026
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Originally a bright photography studio with skylights, the room was transformed into a low-light space to eliminate glare on the digital screens and Wacom tablets used for ZBrush sculpting.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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Rattle the bars with his scream and swallow me into the black of his gape.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Across the street, four Border Police soldiers carrying long rifles threw glances at everything and everybody.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Ibeh took a somewhat confused, smirking glance at Miller as the two retreated to their corners.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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