peek
verb (used without object)
to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer.
had been peeking
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past perfect progressiveof peek.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In Brockton, Mass., the dog-catcher got a complaint from a woman that a puppy had been peeking in her window every night.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Brockton, Mass., the dog-catcher heard a woman complain that a puppy had been peeking in her window every night.
From Time Magazine Archive
At that moment Juliet, who had been peeking out from behind the house, came skipping down the path to the road.
From Autumn by Robert Nathan
So he began to wriggle and twist himself up, and just as he reached the top three heads which had been peeking over the edge of the nest suddenly popped down again.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
It seemed as if that person up there had been peeking at us and drew in his head quickly so as not to be seen.
From Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
