peeping

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, they retain a whiff of the transgressive — the Peeping Tom quality that makes Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” creepy.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Peeping the scene from my bed, I grew fearful thinking about the 2-4 year prison sentence the assistant district attorney recommended.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2020

“We’ve become a race of Peeping Toms,” says Stella, the insurance company nurse who checks in on Jeff and admonishes him.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2020

“This technology is creepy to me in a Peeping Tom type of way,” said John Townsend, a public affairs manager at AAA Mid-Atlantic, which represents 1 million motorists in Maryland.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2019

We made up silly names for all the birds that came through: the Greater Eastern Yellow-bellied Pointy-beak, Queen Aurelia’s Peeping Cheepy-cheep.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz