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.