What is the figurative used in this sentence "The hot sun peeked out of the clouds"

Personification

Explanation:

Personification is a literary device that consists of giving human attributes to nonhuman beings or inanimate objects like things, ideas, abstract qualities, aspects of nature, emotions, animals, and events. The sentence uses this figurative language because it brings the sun (an inanimate thing) to life and endows it with the ability of "peeking out," which is something that humans can do.

Personification is being used in this sentence.

"Hot sun peeked" is personification because the sun is given a human attribute.