Peered

Examples

• She turned out the wall-lights, and peered at herself between the candle-flames. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• On, on they came until Kerchak himself slunk stealthily to the very door and peered within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The brilliantly lighted apartments of the first floor told me where first to seek, and advancing to the windows I peered within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I ran across the heath and peered through the trees. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Philander rolled over upon his side and peered about. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Were you looking for me,' he said, 'when you peered in at the window? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I lay upon my face and peered over with the spray spouting up all around me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Quickly he reached the doorway and peered down the village street toward the village gate. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He peered at me with great curiosity in his puckered eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• We turned and peered over the other side--forty seconds--eighty seconds --a hundred--happiness, he is dead already! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He felt of it from end to end, peered down the black depths of the muzzle, fingered the sights, the breech, the stock, and finally the trigger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A black hole yawned beneath into which we all peered, while Musgrave, kneeling at the side, pushed down the lantern. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• There was much excited gesticulating, pointing, and chattering; then several of the warriors approached and peered within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Nothing loath, Helena did so, and was shortly one mass of delicious bloom, from which her face peered out like some laughing Dryad. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I shut one eye and peered within--it was flaked with iron rust like an old steamboat boiler. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She peered about, before venturing into the booking-office to take her ticket. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

Inputed by Hubert