Sentence examples for peep from inspiring English sources

The word "peep" is correct and usable in written English.
It has a variety of meanings, but it is commonly used as a verb meaning "to take a quick, inconspicuous look" or "to make a short, high-pitched sound." For example, "She peeped through the window to see if her guest had arrived."

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peep

verb

To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.

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After all, it's sensible for a company to accept the opportunity to peep into a rival company's books.

It's been so difficult to whittle it down, in fact, that I'd suggest going to the GuardianWitness site for a peep at all the entries.

Nor has there been a peep from the feds.

On the other hand, so perverse are human beings, however youthful and innocent, that I was also terribly tempted to peep at it.

Mertesacker is focused game-by-game but he cannot resist a peep at Bayern, who knocked Arsenal out of last season's Champions League en route to the trophy.

The play had the voyeuristic fascination of a peep behind the scenes.

Indeed, much of the indictment reads like a rehashed version of Mr Baykal's diatribes against the government.When the generals threatened a coup last year to stop Abdullah Gul's election to the presidency, the CHP didn't utter a peep.

Mr Koizumi had returned from his trip to Pyongyang with a promise that North Korea would keep to its side of the bargain, yet the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose job it would be to check that no secret bomb-building had been going on, has not heard a peep out of the regime there.

But just two days before Mr Chan's trip, Macau passed its own version of the law, without a peep from its less-politicised public.Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong fear Macau's tighter border controls reflect the new post-Article 23 reality.

That led them to allow others (and, eventually, Apple) to sell unlocked music that could be played anywhere.But the recording industry didn't utter a peep after Steve Jobs, Apple's boss, made an incredible announcement that may be construed as legitimising pirated music.

There was barely a peep of protest from the teaching unions, which welcomed the white paper through gritted teeth.Mr Blunkett will be more prescriptive than any of his predecessors: teachers will be given "guidelines" on how to teach subjects such as literacy and numeracy, and on how much homework to set.

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