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leering

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verb

present participle of leer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leering
Adjective
  • Duran, 48, appeared in a San Jose courtroom to answer to five felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor aged 14 or 15.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Kyaw Mya, a citizen of Burma, was convicted of lascivious acts with a child-victim less than 12 years of age.
    Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The year that final season aired, 2004, is possibly when television’s prurient obsession with rich people really kicked off, with the launch of shows including Desperate Housewives, Entourage, and, notably, The Apprentice.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 June 2025
  • Then it was replaced by prurient talk about a nude shot.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the canines was wrapped in a spring protruding from a broken, threadbare couch, and yelping for help when cops arrived at the filthy apartment in the Belmont section of the Bronx on Aug. 4, officials said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • An image of the inside of the bunker, released by the sheriff’s office, showed a filthy mattress in a corner, a folding chair and a fan.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 26 July 2025
Adjective
  • Part of that obscene number is the Never Say Die Ladies Turf Sprint.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Brooklyn prosecutors charged him with misdemeanor assault, as well as menacing, reckless endangerment, possession of obscene material, interference with a professional sporting event, weapons possession and other charges, officials said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The juvenile in Canada was charged with indecent communications, uttering threats, public mischief and mischief over $5,000.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Cowan was arrested in August 2011 and charged with Daniel’s murder, indecent treatment and interfering with a corpse, the report states.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Also included in the package is a locker-room tour and on-field photo opportunities.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Speaking of salt, take any training-camp discussion of locker-room culture with a few hearty grains.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • Season one is a smutty yet wonderful crescendo of self-destruction driven by a cast of characters that includes Fleabag’s intensely awkward sister Claire (Sian Clifford), her selfish and pretentious stepmother (Olivia Colman), and her clueless father (Bill Paterson).
    Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Are any of these turns worth sitting through nine hours of smutty true crime recreations?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Still, the studio ultimately passed on the raunchy comedy about a pack of male dogs’ last hurrah the night before their buddy Bull (voiced by Adam Devine) is to be neutered.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Nick Kroll co-created the raunchy comedy, which explores puberty, sexuality, and the never-ending embarrassments of adolescence.
    Huntley Woods, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Leering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leering. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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