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
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
She pulled the door open a little wider, and peeked in through the crack.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
