pecking
- present participle of peck.
Example Sentences
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“We keep pecking, pecking, pecking at them, and I start to see light at the end of the tunnel.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
In a time of distress, like a recession, “there’s a pecking order to who gets in the lifeboat first,” Ed Al-Hussainy, portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, told Barron’s late last year.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
And local residents say they regularly see it pecking at window seals and windscreen wipers, gouging out huge chunks of rubber.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
When I imagined myself pecking away at the keyboard, I felt bad.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
The little boy started clucking and pecking ’round on the stage then he commenced scratching at the floor with his bare feet and you’d have swored he was digging up worms!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
