peeking

One fellow is down on a knee, peeking from the threshold to the dance floor and pointing at the four of us.

DESTINATION: BEACH • by John A. Mackie 2009

I also like the munchkin peeking up in one of them, not to mention the U-M chair!!

Some Kitchen Photos & Some Inadvertantly Gooey Peppermint Brownies Laura 2009

His eyes slid up the legs they were attached to, past the black calf-length leggings, past the tattered jean skirt (bought that way or worn with love?) to the dark line of belly skin peeking out from under a pink camisole and nondescript green army jacket.

The Girl (Heart That’s Healing) « A Fly in Amber 2009

Not that I would want our heroine to be run over by a bus or a squad of Hell's Angels, but, to simply be sprinting around a parking lot in the middle of the night hoping her adoptive family might be peeking from the upstairs windows and applauding her stride, seems a little weak.

Reader reviews of Run by Ann Patchett. 2007

An interest in peeking in on such stories is probably the motivating impulse for most readers of fiction as well (at least those readers interested in what is called "literary fiction").

Narrative Nonfiction 2006

I don't know--I rather enjoy typing in the various random strings--I'm always looking for a word peeking out.

What I cooked last night. 2006

I delighted in peeking into Jack’s past and populating it with people who would play parts in his later life, or arranging cameos of characters from other novels.

A Conversation with New York Times Bestselling Author F. Paul Wilson 2010

But aside from that, I think the only thing that is insular is the idea of peeking into this family's life and seeing how having an obscene amount of money affects their lifestyle.

Just Asking… Lucy Liu 2008

The hilt of his sword peeking over his shoulder proclaimed to all that he was no helpless refugee, but perhaps the guards at the gate were as confused as those in the town.

Odyssey Moore, Vance 2001

The hilt of his sword peeking over his shoulder proclaimed to all that he was no helpless refugee, but perhaps the guards at the gate were as confused as those in the town.

Odyssey Moore, Vance 2001