as in glanced
to take a quick or hasty look
peek out the window and see if it's raining
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Recent Examples of peeked
For the occasion, my mother had put on her Balenciaga, a black dress with two wide shoulder straps, a firm bodice, a full skirt that ended a few inches above the ankles, and the illusion of an underskirt supplied by a band of taffeta ruffles, also black, that peeked out from beneath the hem.
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Singer, rapper, and actress Shayna McHale (also known as Junglepussy) peeked out from under a single luminous, face-framing curl, which gathered above her graphite gown’s swooping ruffled details.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
Employees peeked through a wrought-iron gate as former Noma head of fermentation Jason Ignacio White read a letter decrying Redzepi.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Some 100 feet below the ocean's surface, Stephen Hawking peeked through the circular porthole of a submarine and saw the brilliant blue tropical water.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Our next view comes courtesy of Time and Date and was taken as a small crescent of the lunar disk peeked out around the massive sweep of our planet's umbral shadow late into the partial phase.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Bess peeked over the counter and read the subtitle on the page.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
The sun highlighted the red in her hair and peeked in the corner of the photo.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Under the hem, smooth light brown ankle boots peeked out.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Singer, rapper, and actress Shayna McHale (also known as Junglepussy) peeked out from under a single luminous, face-framing curl, which gathered above her graphite gown’s swooping ruffled details.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
Employees peeked through a wrought-iron gate as former Noma head of fermentation Jason Ignacio White read a letter decrying Redzepi.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Some 100 feet below the ocean's surface, Stephen Hawking peeked through the circular porthole of a submarine and saw the brilliant blue tropical water.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Our next view comes courtesy of Time and Date and was taken as a small crescent of the lunar disk peeked out around the massive sweep of our planet's umbral shadow late into the partial phase.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Bess peeked over the counter and read the subtitle on the page.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
The sun highlighted the red in her hair and peeked in the corner of the photo.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Under the hem, smooth light brown ankle boots peeked out.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeked
glanced
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Josh Whitman glanced at his phone for a moment Saturday night amid all of the hugging, celebrating and reflecting on Illinois’ 71-59 win over Iowa in the Elite Eight.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Mullins glanced up and saw two seconds on the clock, but time froze, the world stopped.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Peeked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeked. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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