How do you use Leer in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like look or sneer, plus the exact meaning.
Leer in a sentence
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Leer meaning
- To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
- To entice with a leer or leers.
Using Leer
- The main meaning on this page is: To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. | To entice with a leer or leers.
- Useful related words include: look, sneer, contempt, scorn.
- In the example corpus, leer often appears in combinations such as: puede leer, leer en, leer and.
Context around Leer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leer
- In this selection, "leer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, van, describes, saying, greenberg, county and louis stand out and add context to how "leer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2017 with leer and mayendit and and schoolmates leer müller kropp. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leer" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In chapter 11, Leer is hit by a shell fragment, which also hits Bertinck. (14 words)
Peter Leer Leer is an intelligent soldier in Bäumer's company, and one of his classmates. (16 words)
Yoselyn Ortega’s lawyers, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg and Evan Van Leer-Greenberg, leaving court last month. (17 words)
But on Thursday Ms. Ortega’s lead lawyer, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, tried to debunk the officer’s testimony, presenting evidence that Ms. Ortega was heavily sedated when she spoke to Sergeant Hidalgo. (33 words)
Last winter, Leer said he tested Northland Tackle’s Eye-Ball Spoon, which was a big hit under the ice in the Devils Lake Basin and on Lake of the Woods. (31 words)
When she cross-examined Marina Krim, Van Leer-Greenberg seemed to lay groundwork for discussing the families’ complicated relationship, and Yoselyn’s grasp of reality where the Krims were concerned. (30 words)
Example sentences (15)
Yoselyn Ortega’s lawyers, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg and Evan Van Leer-Greenberg, leaving court last month.
Bäumer describes Leer's ability to attract women by saying "Leer is an old hand at the game".
Peter Leer Leer is an intelligent soldier in Bäumer's company, and one of his classmates.
Much like with the monster, we're invited to leer at and linger on the carnage, perhaps with the expectation we'll relish it.
The commissioners of Koch and Mayiandit counties were accused of leading armed civilians who committed atrocities in Leer but they denied any wrongdoing.
In Unity State, many people have also been trapped by floods and rains that swept through large areas, particularly in Leer County.
Prior to Sunday’s episode, TVLine readers predicted that Jovin Webb, Grace Leer, Louis Knight and Sophia James would be eliminated this week.
Few would deny there's one hell of an incestuous orgy of cross-promotion to leer at down at Northern & Shell HQ.
Last winter, Leer said he tested Northland Tackle’s Eye-Ball Spoon, which was a big hit under the ice in the Devils Lake Basin and on Lake of the Woods.
But on Thursday Ms. Ortega’s lead lawyer, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, tried to debunk the officer’s testimony, presenting evidence that Ms. Ortega was heavily sedated when she spoke to Sergeant Hidalgo.
South Sudan was hit by a severe hunger crisis in 2017 with Leer and Mayendit declared in famine.
When she cross-examined Marina Krim, Van Leer-Greenberg seemed to lay groundwork for discussing the families’ complicated relationship, and Yoselyn’s grasp of reality where the Krims were concerned.
Bäumer arrives at the Western Front with his friends and schoolmates (Leer, Müller, Kropp and a number of other characters).
In chapter 11, Leer is hit by a shell fragment, which also hits Bertinck.
Minor characters Kantorek Kantorek was the schoolmaster of Paul and his friends, including Kropp, Leer, Müller, and Behm.
Common combinations with leer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- puede leer 9×
- leer en 9×
- leer and 4×
- leer is 3×
- leer leer 2×
- to leer 2×
- leer at 2×
- in leer 2×
- leer müller 2×