peeked

Example Sentences

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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

But when the line grew long, the performers peeked out in horror, and the audience kindly let them cut to the front.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

But when the complex’s manager peeked into her place through the open garage door one day in March and saw the renovation, she received a notice the next day.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

Then she peeked all around before opening the front door.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix