peephole

Example Sentences

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He then heard a second, "very aggressive knock" but did not see anyone when he looked through the peephole.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

The door was not equipped with a peephole, so Rehn couldn’t see who was demanding she open up.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023

“An American Tail,” a positive review in The Minneapolis Star Tribune said, “offers a peephole into a past that doesn’t seem so far away.”

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

Even something as simple as the view through the peephole in the apartment door sets up one of the film’s best sequences.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023

He lifted a gunnysack curtain, rubbed a peephole in the thick coating of dirt, and peered through.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder