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 peeked
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past perfectof peek.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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If you had peeked in on that moment, which took place outside a Virginia church, you would have seen that boy holding the truck tightly.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2022
All three study groups looked at videos in which eight- to 16-year-old kids and teenagers told the truth or lied about whether they had peeked at answers to a test.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2021
He was proud of his work—once, while on vacation in Mexico, he had peeked into his sons’ hotel room and seen their Game Boys lying on the nightstand while they read on their Kindles.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2019
Roth’s report, released Wednesday, found that 45 agents and supervisors had peeked at Chaffetz’s personnel file, which was stored in an internal Secret Service database.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2015
Cora had peeked inside Sam’s saloon in North Carolina but never crossed the threshold.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
