Example sentences for: peering

How can you use “peering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He asks us to focus our attention instead on three major clusters of Bonnard's work: bathroom scenes of Bonnard's wife, Marthe, undressing, primping, or toweling herself off; scenes of Marthe submerged full-length in a bathtub; and self-portraits of Bonnard peering at himself in the bathroom mirror.

  • Today it is a busy place, with coachloads of tourists peering through the arches for one of the city’s finest views — across the Danube and over to the Houses of Parliament.

  • The apotheosis was reached, without doubt, in the western desert when a disconsolate squaddie who was peering through the mechanical entrails of his tank was asked by his oppo what was “up.”

  • It was not until we found a row of old men peering through the bars of the Luxembourg Gardens, mourning the death of their favorite old trees, that we realized something was afoot.

  • Cuban cities are now an uneasy mix of sad peso stores and bright dollar shops, with an influx of goods most Cubans can only dream about (indeed, you’ll see large crowds of people peering dreamily into shop windows).


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