Explore Peering through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Peering meaning
present participle and gerund of peer
Using Peering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of peer
- In the example corpus, peering often appears in combinations such as: peering through, peering into, peering at.
Context around Peering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peering
- In this selection, "peering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, free, head, dog, involves, eyes and beyond stand out and add context to how "peering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afternoon regulars peering in the and black horse peering over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peering" sits close to words such as abject, accumulations and adi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Peering beyond 2020 and 2021 offers a whole new perspective. (10 words)
Locals stand near the ragged tarmac precipice, peering over and taking photos. (12 words)
And then a tall fence went up — a privacy stockade affair that kept out peering eyes. (16 words)
As he grew older, Ronayne, who was something of a solitary child, would spend a lot of time at his kitchen window in Cobh, County Cork, peering through binoculars at the birds feeding in his garden and writing down their names in a notebook. (44 words)
It began around 11am and by 2pm, bemused early afternoon regulars peering in the window at the designated pub opening time were treated to the sight of the Workerbee crew packing up their gear. (34 words)
Charlie's wife is one of those know-it-all women who assume men can't cook, so strides into the kitchen, peering into this pot or that pan, lowering or increasing the heat. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the face of such ambiguity, the phrase "settlement-free peering" is sometimes used to explicitly denote pure cost-free peering.
Motivations for peering Peering involves two networks coming together to exchange traffic with each other freely, and for mutual benefit.
And then a tall fence went up — a privacy stockade affair that kept out peering eyes.
And, yes, now I can hear the occasional low rumbling sounds - as I spot parts of a giant head peering at us through the bushes.
He noticed a Dalmatian dog peering out of a window of a stately property in the centre of the village and captured it on camera.
Her eyes were glued to the big board’s track announcements, but then they wandered across the faces peering out of hedgerows in Adams’ installation, which she suddenly noticed all around her.
It began around 11am and by 2pm, bemused early afternoon regulars peering in the window at the designated pub opening time were treated to the sight of the Workerbee crew packing up their gear.
Locals stand near the ragged tarmac precipice, peering over and taking photos.
Peering beyond 2020 and 2021 offers a whole new perspective.
Peering in on these privileged lives, it looks like Beth is overreacting, colliding with criticism she isn’t prepared to deal with.
Peering through a fence, we saw row after row of trusses, waiting for their photovoltaic panels.
Peering through the EVF, I always found that images looked just a little bit muddy, which encouraged me instead to rely on the rear screen.
Peering through thorns, she said she saw one of her passengers, the girl who had lost her friend, shriek and collapse as a gunman stood over her limp body, grinning.
A man who was suspiciously peering into the window of a parked car was just looking at a cute puppy inside.
As he grew older, Ronayne, who was something of a solitary child, would spend a lot of time at his kitchen window in Cobh, County Cork, peering through binoculars at the birds feeding in his garden and writing down their names in a notebook.
Charlie's wife is one of those know-it-all women who assume men can't cook, so strides into the kitchen, peering into this pot or that pan, lowering or increasing the heat.
Different projects in tone, they both nevertheless see Ant truly pushing the production boundaries with many songs on feeling so bright like sunshine peering through clouds.
Durham Police have a 42-year man from Clarington for allegedly peering into a teenage girl's bedroom window in Bowmanville.
Federal prosecutors have made clear Teixeira had no business peering at classified information because his low-level job did not require it.
His imposing figure was seen wandering the corridors of the Black Horse, peering over the bodies of sleeping children and residents.
Common combinations with peering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- peering through 18×
- peering into 15×
- peering at 7×
- peering out 7×
- peering over 7×
- peering in 4×
- and peering 4×
- peering down 4×
- peering from 4×
- peering is 3×