PEERED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

peered

verb

past tense of peer

as in stared

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank

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Recent Examples of peered One of them got out, walked up to the front door and peered inside. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Other telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope, for instance, have similarly peered back in time through the cosmos and revealed some incredible, ancient sights. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 July 2026 Nearby, members of the Qatari royal family peered down at the pitch, where their team was on the way to a 2-0 defeat to Ecuador. — Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026 Neil lifted his eyes and peered out at the sea, the sky now calmed, the air flinty and strange. — Literary Hub, 9 July 2026 Standing on the National Mall in the afternoon, before storm delays and fireworks, Donald Rasdall and Betsy Green peered at the history around them. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026 As rain drizzled and the humidity bore down, the president peered at blueprints for the public golf course, before driving to his own course in Virginia via the Arlington Memorial Bridge, near where his Triumphal Arch may soon be built. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026 As the players conversed and enjoyed their afternoon off, a curious Andrés, then 18 years old, peered through the kitchen window, too shy to join the conversation. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026 Science luminaries including Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble and Carl Sagan once peered through the vintage telescopes housed in the domed observatory towers. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

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Burke stared quietly at the screen, his elbow resting on the defense table and his chin propped on a closed hand that partly covered his mouth.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
Burke appeared to show no visible emotion and stared intently at each photograph, continuing to look at them as they were displayed in the courtorom, PEOPLE previously reported.

— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of stared

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Standing in front of the open coffin where Salgado Araujo’s bronze profile gazed toward the sky, were Ronaldo Salgado, 29, and his brother, Lorenzo Salgado, 27, who were greeting the visitors.

— Albinson Linares, NBC news, 17 July 2026
Terrion Arnold walked across the draft stage in Detroit in April 2024, gazed out at a then-record crowd after being selected by the host city’s franchise and delivered a message to Lions fans tuning in to see their newest addition.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of gazed

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Next Big Thing, have become the most talked about — and gawked about — in the run-up to Sunday’s World Cup final, when Messi’s Argentina will play Yamal’s Spain for the biggest trophy in the sport.

— Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
By Thursday morning, only the awning was still standing amid the rubble, as passersby gawked and cars slowed down to survey what had happened.

— Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2026

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