Example Sentences

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Back in Beadnell, on the kind of grey blustery day when the rain pecks at your face, the Craster Arms has a steady stream of windbent visitors.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

While some of the pecks are small, he said, “in the most extreme cases, the largest wounds can cover a big portion of the calves’ back and can be one meter long or even bigger.”

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

If a chick pecks at a parent’s beak, it is asking for food, which comes in the form of partially digested fish.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022

Every time the feisty bird's beak makes contact with the hard surface — at up to 20 pecks per second — the impact vibrates throughout its head and neck.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2022

Jay struts up and down before he pecks at a card, while a woman waits to hear Rani tell her fortune.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman