peeking

Example Sentences

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“I am not good around other people,” she said, peeking out of a gray tent underneath the 110 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Like peeking at the guts of the iPhone, it was the first glimpse of something before anyone knew what it could be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

They then went in for the ceremony, and at one point - ahead of the announcement of the outstanding British film winner, Mescal couldn't help himself from peeking at his phone.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Little sketches of fairy couples dancing in the moonlight, gnomes peeking out from hollowed trees, a stone palace with turrets spiraling up from each corner.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish