peck
verb (used with object)
to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
was pecking
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past progressiveof peck.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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During a visit to the trippy relaxation lounge — the designers were inspired by Lex Luthor’s Kryptonite cavern — a robe-swathed member was pecking intently at her laptop.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2020
While Trump was pecking out angry nuggets, press secretary Sarah Sanders spent her weekend on vacation in West Virginia, and chief of staff Mick Mulvaney did the same in Las Vegas.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2019
That last phrase was directed at Bau, who was eyeballing a pigeon that was pecking at someone’s trash on the sidewalk.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2011
This week Japan was pecking at some of these places, but she had not yet apparently risked an all-out attack on any.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hunger was pecking inside my stomach like a bird.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
