PECK in a Sentence
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45 example sentences for PECK, such as:
1. Hens pecked around in the yard.
2. That bird tried to peck the baby.
3. The hen pecked a hole in the sack.
4. Don't peck at one another, children.
5. The birds peck insects from the log.
2. That bird tried to peck the baby.
3. The hen pecked a hole in the sack.
4. Don't peck at one another, children.
5. The birds peck insects from the log.
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Meanings and Examples of PECK
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peck
n. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
v. eat like a bird
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1 Don't peck at one another, children.
2 "You ought to have sent word, or told me this morning, and you ought to have remembered how busy I was," continued Meg petulantly, for even turtledoves will peck when ruffled.
3 Laurie screwed up his face and obeyed with a gingerly peck at each little cheek that produced another laugh, and made the babies squeal.
4 On the other hand, if she permitted one chaste peck, he might bring her other lovely presents in the hope of getting another kiss.
5 You sound like a peck of dried leaves rubbing together.
6 Why," said Joe, "yes, there certainly were a peck of orange-peel.
7 He had known, to use his words, a peck of trouble.
8 Scarlett smiled uncertainly and pecked obediently at the withered cheek presented to her.
9 Melanie flew at Ashley like a small determined dove and pecked him for the first time in her life.
10 I'm a hawk; a tiny leashed hawk, pecked to death by these large, white, flabby, wormy hens.
11 Parallel meridians rudely pecked into the glass, surround these footpads' goblets.
12 So much was Mary kicked and cut to pieces, that she was oftener called "pecked" than by her name.
13 Only one hen pecked at her hand with a fierce little jab, so Connie was frightened.
14 But the mother-hen pecked at her hand fiercely, and Connie drew back startled and frightened.
15 The old hen pecked at him, but not so savagely.
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 "They're in an awful peck of trouble, and -- " "WHO is?" "Why, pap and mam and sis and Miss Hooker; and if you'd take your ferryboat and go up there -- " "Up where? Where are they?" "On the wreck."
2 The birds peck insects from the log.
3 When Peter Piper picked a peck of Polly Potter's pickles, did Pete commit a major crime or just a peccadillo?.
4 When Mother told Billy to kiss Great-Aunt Hattie, the boy obediently gave the old woman a dutiful peck on her cheek.
5 That bird tried to peck the baby.
6 Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.
7 A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.
8 Hens pecked around in the yard.
9 A bird had pecked a hole in the sack.
10 She pecked her father lightly on the cheek.
11 The hen pecked a hole in the sack.
12 Vultures had pecked out the dead goat's eyes.
13 It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find.
14 There's a clearly established pecking order in this office.
15 A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.