peeked
Example Sentences
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As the sun peeked out from behind the clouds at 9:30 a.m. on the day after a rainy Saturday, the strollers at Runway Playa Vista rolled in.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 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
When he opened his hands and peeked inside, he growled with rage and frustration, and then repeated the ritual.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
