Peeped

Examples

• The fair little face, touched with divine compassion, as it peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel's in the prison. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Luttrell now peeped his nose into my box, and said, dragging in his better half, half-brother I mean, fat Nugent, A vacancy for two! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was dreadfully improper, I know, but I couldn't resist the temptation, and lifting one end of the curtain before the glass door, I peeped in. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• At a later hour I peeped into the breakfast-room, and the library. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She peeped into her grandfather's room, through which the fresh autumn air was blowing from the open window. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There is a skeleton in your cupboard here at Blackwater Park that has peeped out in these last few days at other people besides yourself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Polly, finding him silent, presently peeped at him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was the same with the groves of deserted bedsteads I peeped at, on my way to, and when I was in, my own bed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Amy was too well-bred, and just now Laurie was too lazy, so in a minute he peeped under her hatbrim with an inquiring air. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Winkle, being half asleep, obeyed the command mechanically, opened the door a little, and peeped out. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They got him pacified at last; and for five years arter that, he never even so much as peeped out o' the lodge gate. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• By degrees I was brought into another room, whence I peeped into the street, but drew my head back in a fright. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• While we waited at the gate, I peeped in (even then Mr. Pumblechook said, And fourteen? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Then there was a man's footstep running down stairs; and Edith peeped out of the drawing-room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• So far I had not dared to look out, but now I gently parted the division of the curtains in front of me and peeped through. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Oliver stopped, and peeped into the garden. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mysterious backs and ends of houses peeped at them as they talked, and the plane-tree whispered to them in its own way above their heads. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They were still fishing perseveringly, when he peeped in at the gate for the second time; but, now they seemed to have got a bite. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The Germans peeped in at the door, called a word to the waiter, and went away again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Don't you remember, Miss Briggs, how you peeped in at the door and saw old Sir Pitt on his knees to me? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Is it my fault that your skeleton has peeped out at me? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When the sun peeped into the girls' room early next morning to promise them a fine day, he saw a comical sight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She looked down at the tip of the little satin boot that peeped from her long draperies. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I slipped out of bed, all palpitating with fear, and peeped round the corner of my dressing-room door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Pickwick peeped into them as he passed along, with great curiosity and interest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Releasing each other, they crept to the door, opened it softly, and peeped out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She peeped in as she passed, and divined from the emptiness of his table, and the general appearance of things, that he was already gone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• After breakfast I waited my opportunity and peeped about a little until I saw my guardian in his own room--the room of last night--by himself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They went to the closed gate, and peeped through into the court-yard. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Suddenly the door-bell sharply rang; her heart leaped; she sprang to the drawing-room door, opened it softly, peeped through the aperture. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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