Peering

Examples

• Suddenly Mrs Crich came noiselessly into the room, peering about with her strong, clear face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Musgrave still stood with a very pale face, swinging his lantern and peering down into the hole. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• All right, shouted Maurice, who, lying flat on his stomach, was peering over. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I therefore drew near and discovered that the possessor of the peering face was none other than Sab Than. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• At the same instant the sun shot above the horizon, disclosing a hundred grim, black faces peering over the stern of the battleship upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In the middle of it was the black figure of the secretary, his head advanced, peering out into the night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It grew broader, and a woman appeared with a lamp in her hand, which she held above her head, pushing her face forward and peering at us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There was a movement and an exclamation from my right, and peering through the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and unkempt, staring out at me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Peering through the gloom, I saw the vague outline of a man, a shade blacker than the blackness of the open door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I was still engaged in peering about, when Mr. Mell came back, and asked me what I did up there? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She has a puckered forehead, a peering expression, and probably rounded shoulders. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The latter was blinking in the bright light of the corridor, and peering at us and at the smouldering fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Peering in, we could see that the only light in the room came from a dull blue flame which flickered from a small brass tripod in the centre. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• To Holmes, as I could see by his eager face and peering eyes, very many other things were to be read upon the trampled grass. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The sailors stood in a frightened group, with drawn weapons, peering into the jungle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Peering into the invisible little world, the infinite secrets of microcosm have yielded their fruitful and potent knowledge of bacteria and cell growth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

Edited by Eileen