Explore Leered through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Leered meaning
simple past and past participle of leer
Using Leered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of leer
- In the example corpus, leered often appears in combinations such as: leered at.
Context around Leered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leered
- In this selection, "leered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, women, four and doorman stand out and add context to how "leered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include he then leered at gorr and learning often leered with horrid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leered" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A gruff looking doorman leered at me. (7 words)
A group of four leered and argued when they saw members of the media (including this reporter). (17 words)
He then leered at Gorr's breasts and attempted to grope her in front of the studio audience. (18 words)
For example, take these stories Of two youths, named Max and Moritz, Who, instead of early turning Their young minds to useful learning, Often leered with horrid features At their lessons and their teachers. (34 words)
I knew I couldn’t run,” said terrified woman who is one of a number of women leered at by a mystery stalker on a bike at Craigavon Lakes. (29 words)
He then leered at Gorr's breasts and attempted to grope her in front of the studio audience. (18 words)
Example sentences (5)
He then leered at Gorr's breasts and attempted to grope her in front of the studio audience.
I knew I couldn’t run,” said terrified woman who is one of a number of women leered at by a mystery stalker on a bike at Craigavon Lakes.
A group of four leered and argued when they saw members of the media (including this reporter).
A gruff looking doorman leered at me.
For example, take these stories Of two youths, named Max and Moritz, Who, instead of early turning Their young minds to useful learning, Often leered with horrid features At their lessons and their teachers.
Common combinations with leered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- leered at 3×