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
Fairley learned later that Frost had peeked through the greenroom door and decided against going in.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 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
“Those liars!” she’d exclaimed, her voice so furiously loud a nurse had peeked in to shush her.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
