PEERING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

peering

verb

present participle of peer

as in staring

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank

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Recent Examples of peering The trailer begins with Pegg, who plays serial killer anesthetist Jason Nash, peering at a screen as a Channel 4 news story reports that the new identity of his former girlfriend and accomplice, a nurse named Alice Bell, has surfaced online. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 Looking at his work is like peering through a series of conjoined windows that lead to different times, spaces and bodily states. — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Depending on the time of year, your location and the weather, your hopes to see the night sky in real life might not be as easy as heading into the backyard and peering up. — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026 That video appears to show a black bear standing on top of a garbage truck and peering over the edge, but does not show how the bear got there or escaped the situation. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2026 Outside, the sun was shining brightly, a crowd had gathered, and even Carmen Machi (who received the National Film Award at this festival) was peering out from the hotel’s rooftop. — Amaia Odriozola, Vanity Fair, 20 Sep. 2026 One photo shows the pair geared up in helmets and headlamps, peering out from inside a cavernous opening. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026 Those statues peering down from surrounding buildings seem to nod their approval. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026 In them, again and again, peering over the shoulders of the dirty loft buildings and overscale Cadillac Eldorados, the twin towers of the World Trade Center appear. — Baldwin Lee, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026

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The Royals were out of the AL Central race by August and staring at another losing season.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Screens compound the problem because people blink less while staring at them.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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The film opens with Tenzing as a boy, gawking at Mount Everest, which looms across the valley like Godzilla.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
On most days the Jewel House in the Tower of London is packed with tourists gawking at the fabled British Crown Jewels.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

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