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Meanings of peer about in English

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Usage of peer about in English
1
She began to peer about like one who was looking for something.
Cast Upon the Breakers
2
They peer about timidly, recognize HAGEN, and with much trepidation approach him.
Prince Hagen
3
Holding up the candle, Carmena stepped in to peer about the big anteroom.
Bloom of Cactus
4
Within, the crew eased up on the oars to peer about in wonder.
Assail
5
Men peer about, but smoke too thick for them to see.
Writing the Photoplay
6
And she began to peer about the floor with eyes not yet quite adjusted.
Short Stories of Various Types
7
When he halted to peer about he was perhaps sixty feet from the train.
Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
8
Every few moments he would stop, listen, and peer about him on every side.
Nature's Serial Story
9
With anxious eyes they peer about, as though searching in the streets for other lodgers.
The Small House at Allington
10
People screamed in their rooms; others ran out on to the street to peer about.
Orb Sceptre Throne
11
The man started and began to peer about anxiously.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
12
He stood to peer about; no one was around.
Orb Sceptre Throne
13
He tried to see past King into the cave and to peer about into the shadows.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
14
After this he calmed to peer about, surprised.
Blood and Bone
15
Her sharp eyes peer about on all sides.
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
16
Then he raised his head to peer about.
Orb Sceptre Throne
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