peer anxiously

Frequency: 6.26.0 per million words

to look closely or with difficulty at someone or something

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Examples (10)

  • She peered anxiously through the window, waiting for her son to come home.
  • He stood on his toes, peering anxiously over the crowd to find his lost friend.
  • The sailor was peering anxiously into the fog, searching for any sign of land.
  • From behind the curtain, the child peered anxiously at the unfamiliar guests.
  • I peered anxiously at the doctor's face, trying to read his expression.
  • The old man peered anxiously at the small print on the medicine bottle.
  • Lost in the woods, she peered anxiously through the dense trees for the path.
  • For the past hour, he has peered anxiously down the empty road for the bus.
  • Whenever the doorbell rings, she peers anxiously through the peephole.
  • They peered anxiously into the dark cave before deciding whether to enter.