Sample sentences for LECHEROUS

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Definition

inappropriately excessive in sexual interest or activity — usually said of men

He had a lecherous gleam in his eye.

lecherous = an inappropriate sexual interest

a lecherous good-for-nothing
Hanna took another sip of wine and noticed a forty-something guy staring lecherously at them.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

lecherously = with an inappropriate sexual interest

His eyes had a look of fear and of oddly lecherous anticipation.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
"He's also married with a kid, you lecherous homewrecker."
Andy Weir -- The Martian
Berger yesterday had grinned lecherously at him over a sugar doughnut.
Judith Guest -- Ordinary People
The more the rhonchial pack talks things out the more lecherous they become.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
The lecherous and depraved old man was delighted with Hungry Joe's split lips and black-and-blue eyes.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
She smiled and gave me a slow, lecherous looking over, laughing at my discomfiture.
Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
He was a wretched king .... vain, drunken, lecherous .... he would have set your sister aside, his own queen .... please ....
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!
William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Tyler arched his eyebrows lecherously.
Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
"So it's the hard stuff yer wantin', is it?" he said, grinning lecherously.
Ransom Riggs -- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
"Follow me, and try to look a shade more lecherous and a shade less like the King's Hand.
George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
He caught her looking at him and gave her a wink ... a decidedly lecherous one.
Stephen King -- The Shining
She stood in the speaker's pulpit of an unaired hall and looked at a flat sheet of faces, faces lecherously eager with the sense of their own virtue.
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
He winked so lecherously that Granma thought he had spoken and retorted, "Shut up, you sinful ol' goat.
John Steinbeck -- The Grapes of Wrath
She complained a good deal about the difficulties of avoiding the lecherous looks and touches of men in the street who could not keep away from her.
John Steinbeck -- East of Eden
My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major; so that it follows I am rough and lecherous.
William Shakespeare -- King Lear

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