peeked

Example Sentences

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But when she peeked into his room, she saw a large black bear trying to get in through a window.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

As Carter peeked through a crack in the tomb’s sealed door, his exchange with Carnarvon ranks as one of the most famous in all archaeology: “ ‘Can you see anything?’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The truck lumbered through the forest in the setting sun, stopping at a grove of bigcone Douglas-fir trees, where West and a colleague unloaded the cage, lifted the door and waited as Orange peeked outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Other attendees, lounging on cushions throughout the boutique, gazed down at their e-readers but peeked as cats bounced around like pinballs in their periphery.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

I readied myself into a crouch and peeked around the outcrop at the limp camel.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri