peeking

Example Sentences

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Peeking out from under the staircase is a Lalanne sheep sculpture, set to be auctioned in June with an estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Peeking into the future, such phenomena could pave the way for magnetic information encoding and transportation in new types of electronic devices.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

Peeking out of a train car designed to hold horses, Levie could see people “standing on the roofs of their houses, with binoculars, watching us go. A fine spectacle indeed!”

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

Peeking behind dumpsters, shining flashlights under bridges, rustling a frosted tent to see if anyone was inside.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023

“Mr. Peeking was supposed to stop over today and look at my dad’s bonefish boat.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen