Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leered (at)
Verb
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Nearly 20 people in their 30s stared at their cellphones for a few minutes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Immigration officers wearing bulky green vests sat inside the vehicle and stared at Elmer and the Hispanic men standing with him.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Dixie asks Buck, having previously ogled the shirtless firefighter during the Firefighter Games.—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Later, Ingram starts crying, and he’s ogled by the other child patients.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Pre-production is being eyed for August 2026 with financing underway.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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In the 1980s, the area was eyed as a potential world headquarters for Apple and, in the 1990s, Cisco drew up a similar proposal.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Leered (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leered%20%28at%29. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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