through ... lids
Frequency: 5.14.3 per million words
To see through a narrow opening between eyelids that are not fully closed.
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Examples (10)
- He was watching her through half-closed lids.
- She peered at the bright light through her nearly shut lids.
- The child peeked through his sleepy lids at the morning sun.
- From beneath heavily drooping lids, he glanced through the window.
- He tried to discern the figure through the narrow slit of his lids.
- Even through her tightly squeezed lids, she could sense the light.
- The old man squinted through his tired lids, trying to read the fine print.
- She observed the scene through subtly lowered lids, feigning disinterest.
- He could just make out shapes through his barely open lids in the dark room.
- A faint smile played on her lips as she looked through her half-open lids.