The usage of verb 覗く

[Rick80]

When do you use the verb 覗く (to look) instead of 見る?

Could you please give me some example sentences of those cases when Japanese people tend to use 覗く?

 

[mdchachi]

覗く(P); 覘く; 窺く; 臨く 【のぞく】 (v5k,vt) (1) to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); (v5k,vt) (2) to look down into (a ravine, etc.); (v5k,vt) (3) to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); (v5k,vt) (4) to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; (v5k,vt) (5) to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); (v5k,vi) (6) to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); (v5k,vt) (7) to examine (an expression); to study (a face); (v5k,vi) (8) (arch) (esp. 臨く) (See 臨む・2) to face; (P)
(1) 私は壁の裂け目から外を覗いた。 I peeped out through a crack in the wall.
(3) 私はメアリーが店のウインドーをのぞいているのを見ました。 I saw Mary looking into a show window.
(4) その箱をのぞいてはいけない。 Don't look into the box.
(5) 彼は顕微鏡をのぞいていた。 He was looking through a microscope.
(6) 隣人が塀の上からちょこっと顔を覗かせた。 The neighbor popped his head up over the wall for a moment.