Toni stood with her back against the wall so she could not be seen and surreptiously peered around the corner to see what was going on....
The little boy peered around the corner to see if anyone was there.
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The word "peered" is a verb.An example sentence is:He peered through the dusty window.
The word "peered" is a verb. It is the past tense of the verb "peer," which means to look closely or intently.
The simple predicate is the verb or the verb phrase in a sentence. In the sentence 'From the window peered a scary face that frightened my little brother' the simple predicate is 'peered'.
I gazed at my friend carefullyI gazed at the broken vase
The word peered has only one syllable. It is pronounced with a single stress point.
It was nightfall on New Years eve and I peered out my window
gingerly, the cat peered aruond the corner into the study.
The verb in this sentence is "peered." It describes the action of the scary face looking out from the window.
looked, studied, gazed, inspected, and scrutinized are all good words that mean the same thing as peered.
"As the scientist peered closer at the organism under the microscope, he thought he might be able to see the molecules of the thing if he could only focus the microscope enough."