The old gypsy moved her hand over the crystal ball and, peering inside, beheld my future.
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Peering
Synonyms for "peering" (166 found)
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Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom was peering out of the window into the street.
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There was a little gray house peering around a white apple orchard on a slope beyond and, although it was not yet quite dark, a light was shining from one of its windows.
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And now I neared the gates, and thought my flight / achieved, when suddenly a noise we hear / of trampling feet, and, peering through the night, / my father cries, "Fly, son, the Greeks are near; / they come, I see the glint of shield and spear, / fierce foes in front and flashing arms behind."
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