: being pale and wan or emaciated : sickly
Examples of peaked in a Sentence
Adjective (1)
the church's peaked spire is a prominent feature of the town's skyline
Adjective (2)
you probably should go home, as you're looking awfully peaked
I'm feeling a little peaked, so I'm going to lie down
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This suede jacket has an angled front zipper, peaked lapels, shoulder epaulets, and a variety of zippered and welt pockets.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Natural, exposed, interior granite boulders, towering peaked ceilings that mimic the Sierra skyline, three indoor water features and a floor-to-roof stone fireplace all enhance the structure’s mountain aesthetic.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The fire broke out at about 2:10 p.m. at a residence with a peaked roof in the 500 block of 26th Avenue, just across the street from San Francisco Fire Station 14, in the city’s Little Russia neighborhood.
—Bay City News, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
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Adjective
For his part, Law, who will premiere his own film this week, provided an excellently convincing argument in the fiery northern Mediterranean man-fashion white-dinner-jacket debate that a double-breasted’s peaked lapels should each properly be the dimension of an aircraft carrier deck.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This suede jacket has an angled front zipper, peaked lapels, shoulder epaulets, and a variety of zippered and welt pockets.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Natural, exposed, interior granite boulders, towering peaked ceilings that mimic the Sierra skyline, three indoor water features and a floor-to-roof stone fireplace all enhance the structure’s mountain aesthetic.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The fire broke out at about 2:10 p.m. at a residence with a peaked roof in the 500 block of 26th Avenue, just across the street from San Francisco Fire Station 14, in the city’s Little Russia neighborhood.
—Bay City News, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
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“Peaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peaked. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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