Leered [verb]

Countless dogs fought under the feet of passers-by, and over all leered the sardonic face of Jean Bart, pirate and privateer.

"Maybe he's got Beatty cornered, tellin' him a new plan fer workin' the cats this afternoon," leered another.

He lifted the lump to the light of his lamp, and from the centre of it a mocking evil eye leered back at him.

The fool leered at her as if he read her thoughts, and he laughed briskly.

He leered in a conciliatory way upon the official and pressed a livre into his palm.

McCane leered up at him insolently from where he lay stretched on the ground, resting comfortably against a log.

There was another gruesome heap of garments here on the floor; a grinning white skull leered at me.

Whereat these three young men fell a-laughing, and even Sir John leered.

Horrified she stared into the cruel face that leered down at her, and felt the grip tighten.

"It's startin' to snow—" he leered and, stopping abruptly, rose to his feet.