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The lemkin peered up at the giant and fingered the rope noose nervously.

The Size of Things « A Fly in Amber 2009

John McCain peered into the future this morning ... delivering a speech that looked ahead to what the U.S. and the world would be like in 4 years, after the first term of a McCain presidency.

Cafferty: Should Republicans run away from McCain? 2008

I peered from the sidewalk, I did not creep through the bushes and press my nose against the glass.

Hillbilly War @ Attack of the Redneck Mommy 2006

She couldn't make out the face of the man with Wanaka, as she peered from the door of the tent, but if he was from Hedgeville he would know her.

The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914

The Robin peered in with his sharp little eye, and really admired the Tortoise's ingenious labour very much.

Parables From Nature 1857

and Bobby giggled as she peered from the window to watch the dapper Mr. Pizotti and Lily Pendleton walk down the street side by side.

The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize 1914

Her swollen lips and drunken expression peered back at her from his mirrored shades.

The Maverick Nelson, Rhonda 2006

Church of the Redeemed in Glory were amongst the "great cloud of witnesses" who eagerly "peered" down upon the scene, -- when we sat around the Lord's Table and partook the memorials of His body and blood with those few souls rescued out of the Heathen World.

The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals John Gibson Paton 1865

The officer said that the door to the room was open slightly and he peered in and saw Hardwick and another man engaged in sex.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

Together they shoved aside the under branches of a young spruce and peered forth.

THE LAW OF LIFE 2010