How to Use peck in a Sentence

peck

1 of 2 noun

• Lace then moved on to flirting with Casey at the bar and got a peck on the lips.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2022
• There, Jonas cozied up to his wife and even gave her a peck on the cheek.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2021
• At one point, Delevingne gave Gomez a peck on the cheek as they were shown on the kiss cam.
  — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
• And not just a little peck on the cheek, but sucking face.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• The bite was just a peck, but McBride swung his first crappie into the boat.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2021
• Rose lovers, this was a real kiss, not some quickie peck on the lips.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
• Gomez gave her co-star a lil peck on the cheek when the two were spotted on the kiss cam (per People).
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021
• Humans are wired for touch – a handshake, a pat on the back, a friendly hug, a peck on the cheek.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020
• Once on screen, Gomez leaned over to give Delevingne a peck on the cheek as her friend giggled.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Dec. 2021
• But their peck this time around was more friendship than scandal.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 June 2022
• Her first peck happened on set at age 9; her first real kiss came at 16, again on set.
  — Kalia Richardson, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Then, either go for a peck or a full-on, passionate kiss.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 30 Jan. 2023
• The bone slab bears 28 puncture marks, with one set of ten pecks spaced regularly in a line.
  — Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• Follow the prompts to submit clips of you and your dog cheering, acting cheesy, sharing a peck, and more.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2021
• This one is like a peck, but just slightly more sensual.
  — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 7 May 2021
• French kissing is a little trickier than a peck on the lips and involves tongue.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 11 May 2023
• More calcium with every peck means more cluck for your buck.
  — Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2020
• Especially if one partner wants more intense PDA than a hand squeeze or a peck on the cheek.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2022
• Mistletoe potential: Maybe a slight peck while Santa—that creep!—looks on.
  — Gena Kaufman, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2020
• Images Instead of a quick peck before running out the door in the morning, choose a lingering embrace.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 20 Jan. 2023
• As always, the performance ended with Nicks giving Buckingham a quick peck on the cheek.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2021
• The video, which has 1 million views on Twitter, appears to show the Nobel peace laureate attempting to give the boy a peck on the lips in the presence of an audience.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023
• If the skull really was absorbing shocks, then upon each peck, the brain should decelerate far less than the beak—just as when a car hits a bump, its body jerks less than its wheels do.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 14 July 2022
• For a peck that your partner will remember, a little dab of this super hydrating lip mask will make a world of difference.
  — ELLE, 17 June 2022
• In the backyard, ducks and chicken peck and squawk. Pontier found out Friday that her chickens were infected with avian influenza.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022
• The heartwarming moment made the rounds Friday morning, as a video circulated on social media of Swift hugging the 6-year-old and giving her a peck on the cheek.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• Eventually, Lace semi-peer pressures Casey into giving her a chaste peck on the lips… so, congrats?
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
• The duo then shared a peck on the lips.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
• Tickets include a hayride to the orchard and a half peck bag to fill with juicy apples.
  — Lorenza Medley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
• Pick your own peck of apples and enjoy a variety of activities for all ages at nearby orchards this late summer and fall.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025

peck

2 of 2 verb

• The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree.
• The hen pecked my finger.
• He pecked his wife on the cheek as he headed out the door.
• If the chick pecked the lever, a hidden speaker in the fake bird would sing a male finch’s song.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• The four pigeons in the study quickly got the gist of things, learning to peck the end of the string attached to the food.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2013
• Was this one of the hens that had pecked my hand or plucked feathers from the pink rump of another?
  — Hazlitt, 14 Feb. 2024
• The Silesaurus sported a beak, which the researchers guessed was used to peck its insect prey off the ground.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2021
• And in fact, feeding phalaropes can peck up to 180 times per minute, faster than any other bird.
  — Erica Tennenhouse, Science | AAAS, 12 Nov. 2020
• Canada geese were pecking in the mud along the edge of the Truckee River.
  — William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• Cage-free production doesn’t mean that chickens are set free to peck at the ground and flutter their wings in the sun.
  — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2021
• The birds use their left hemisphere to peck for seeds and their right hemisphere to detect predators.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
• Gulls gather outside the fish plant, eager to peck at the bloody innards tossed their way.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
• The jackdaws had to look at that chart and peck the color they had previously been shown.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2023
• Throughout the park, men costumed as birds will jump out and savagely peck at you.
  — Charlie Dektar, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2022
• Jenner pecked him on the cheek, and Chalamet returned the favor on her lips.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
• The inquisitive bird has been known to peck apart window trim and wiper blades on cars—and even steal passports from tourists.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2021
• Trompe l’oeil works date back to ancient Greece, when the artist Zeuxis is said to have painted convincing enough grapes that birds tried to peck at them.
  — Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appétit, 16 May 2022
• The salary cap will likely continue to peck away at the Lightning, something that makes their run all the more impressive.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 28 June 2022
• While the Brewers’ offense remained stagnant, the Pirates continued to peck away in the seventh against the bullpen.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2020
• Chickens picked their way through the wreckage, stopping to peck at broken glass jars of corn, beets and peaches stored for winter.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021
• The study team had trained female finches to peck keys that would play back specific recordings of these birdsongs.
  — Olivia Ferrari, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023
• None of these three candidates are among the vultures trying to peck away at Feinstein.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• The carving was likely made by pecking the contours using a lithic tool or a handpick.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
• Her kids peck out messages on this 1920s typewriter that sits on a vintage pine table.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 21 June 2023
• By the time a new museum renovation has hatched, a successor is already pecking through its shell.
  — Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
• Except for a few children kicking a ball and some chickens pecking the ground, the village seemed almost deserted.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
• After Ohtani faltered, the game was the Blue Jays’ to lose, but the Dodgers kept pecking away.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2025
• Eagly summons an entire aerie of allies to peck and slash Red to death, which feels like an appropriately grisly fate.
  — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
• Hens in similar situations will peck out one another’s eyes.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
• Choose cloth that is dense enough to prevent the birds from pecking for seeds.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025