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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Adjective
The peaked roofs of its open-air buildings are decorated with motifs pulled from seashells found on its beaches.—Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024 Together with the skull and bones, worn by some of the groups’ officers on their peaked hats, the SS logo, which looks like two lightning bolts, became the symbol of the terror of the Nazi state.—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024 One individual, later identified as 31-year-old Fadi Shuman, was also shown in the clip taking an officer's peaked cap and running away with it.—Kyle Morris, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2024 Look closer, though, and the peaked thrust of that stage begins to suggest the prow of a ship, or perhaps the gable of a house — and is that a ribbon of sand that outlines it against the dark sea of the theater’s floor?—Trey Graham, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 Naco’s new gym — topped with a peaked metal mesh roof that has a monumental profile on one side and a more intimate scale on the other — is at the crossroads of three neighborhoods and a local train line.—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024 The pieces of a house - a peaked roof, fence, door, windows - seem to have been blown apart in some Wizard of Oz mishap.—Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024 Located 25 minutes north of Dornoch, Brora reopened in 2021 with its antique copper pots refurbished and installed beneath a dramatic peaked roof.—Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024 While neighbors on the row were renovated to add a full third story, No. 51 kept its peaked roof with a dormer window.—Curbed, 17 Jan. 2024
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