peekaboo

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Recent Examples of peekaboo As a foundation piece, Megan wore a sheer jeweled corset bodysuit in shades of pink, yellow, and blue with straps that sliced across her chest for a peekaboo bra cutout detail, while jeweled medallions cascaded down her stomach. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Sep. 2022 The adjacent, downstairs bathroom adds a surprise to the space with its all-over-tonal-blue tile, which offers a peekaboo dose of color to the kitchen. Blake Miller, House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2021 Take a spin around the new garden in a two-toned ribbed Staud dress and some peekaboo flats from Cult Gaia (the better to climb all those steps!). Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 29 May 2021 Certainly not any of the thousands of people who've tried one of Amazon's best-selling one-piece bathing suits: a monokini with crisscross straps and a peekaboo waist that comes in dozens of colors and prints. Christie Calucchia, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for peekaboo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peekaboo
Adjective
  • Structured blazers and asymmetric white button-ups were juxtaposed with diaphanous maxi dresses, sculptural resin tops, and flowing trains that danced with movement.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Seeing the works in person, one is struck by the elaborate Art Nouveau–style frames that form substantial prosceniums for these diaphanous tableaux.
    Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The strapless corset gown had a sheer illusion jacket embellished with pearls, and was paired with a cathedral veil.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Clad in a chain-mail dress with sheer stripes and waist-length hair, Wilson's appearance during the Chris Habana show was greeted with raucous applause.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Runge advises patients to ask how AI tools are being used in their care, choose providers who are transparent, and expect bedside empathy alongside cutting-edge diagnostics.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In this way, cosmic dust behaves as a very efficient absorber of visible light, is only lightly absorbed by near-infrared light, and is practically perfectly transparent to mid-infrared (and longer) wavelengths of light.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The main waste product of the Sims plant are bales of filmy, thin plastics, like dry cleaner bags.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
  • The line between triumph and tragedy is incredibly thin, and 100 Foot Wave conveys that simultaneous elation and danger with every swooping drone shot of a surfer cutting a line through a swell and every splash of filmy foam on the camera lens.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Brooklinen’s Airweave cotton quilt, made of 100% Turkish cotton, has a gauzy exterior wrapped around a cotton candy cloud body.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Kerry Washington Kerry Washington looked chic in a baby pink ensemble that played to our love of textures, pairing a high-neck, lace top with a gauzy skirt embellished with pink pearls over a shiny skirt.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This, however, was quite a different context from when Bianca Censori stepped out in a see-through dress at the Grammys earlier this year with her husband Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Margot Robbie‘s see-through dress with allover floral beadwork gave sheer dressing a wholly couture spin by the late Giorgio Armani.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer-thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 7 May 2020
  • For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
Adjective
  • The classics, without question, are great starters—hoop earrings, diamond studs, dainty gold necklaces.
    Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Scallops are the dainty little detail that never goes out of style, and in fact, reinforces a decor piece’s nostalgic vibe.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Peekaboo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peekaboo. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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