How to Use peg in a Sentence

peg

1 of 2 noun

• Her coat hung on a peg by the door.
• Tools hang from peg-board walls.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• The round pegs in the square holes.
  — Randy Bean, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
• Round pegs found round holes all over the pitch.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
• What does a pirate pay for his hook and his peg?
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• Don’t try to fit a square peg into a round hole.
  — Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• Sometimes a team needs to be knocked down a peg or two.
  — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• Kinda knocks your to-do list down a few pegs, no?
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
• This is a clear case of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.
  — Graham Glass, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• One of the simplest way to store items in the garage is with a peg rail.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 4 Jan. 2023
• The upcoming event gave me a news peg.
  — Mike Dame, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
• Ships’ colors used to be raised and lowered a peg at a time.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
• To knock him down a peg, though, most of his rivals are playing by the old rules.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Frame the peg panel using maple trim boards for a more finished look.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• On occasion, his pieces feel like fitting a square peg in a round hole.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• His electric dirt bike is mostly black with purple pegs.
  — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
• Use some bike pant pegs to ensure the fabric doesn’t snag when cycling!
  — Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
• Made from high-quality oak, the bed has carved feet, and joints fixed with small wooden pegs.
  — Zara Khan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• What’s the favorite restaurant for peg-legged pirates?
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• The Lakers don’t need to chase a square peg of a superstar.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
• Sometimes people are just trying so hard to get a round peg into a square hole.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• Forgo a peg and flip one of the shelves upside down for another take on this build.
  — Katie Bandurski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
• But these stations are still a crucial peg in the climate crisis.
  — John McCracken, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
• The engineers came to the clay model and drove pegs into it to the depth of the hard points.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2023
• While e-bikes have pedals, the more powerful e-motos have pegs.
  — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
• And trying to line up these two scoring models is like trying to put square pegs in round holes.
  — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
• So there’s some talented round pegs being slammed into square holes.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
• At age 3, kids may be ready to move on from peg puzzles, but jigsaw puzzles might still be too hard.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2022
• Kingbull also includes bungee cords, foot pegs, mirrors, and a padded back seat.
  — New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025

peg

2 of 2 verb

• Is the tent pegged down all the way?
• His bonus is pegged to how many sales he makes each year for the company.
• Forbes has pegged his net worth at $1 billion.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• Forbes pegs his net worth at more than $38 billion.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
• But if you get pegged as a phony, then that can be a problem.
  — Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
• Morningstar pegs that risk at 25%.
  — Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Three times, they were pegged back before the hosts secured a late win.
  — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• That deal was pegged in the $10-12M range.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
• Ford pegged its net tariff cost at $1 billion.
  — Mike Colias, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
• He's largely been pegged among the best five pass-rushing prospects in a deep edge class.
  — American-Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
• Coleman had been pegged as the probable starter at left guard.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
• That is rising steadily but is pegged to the league’s revenue growth.
  — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• Ten pitches into the game, Atlanta had pegged him for three runs.
  — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• The 1-year rate acts as a benchmark for new loans, while the 5-year helps peg mortgage rates.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2025
• Plans call for 10% of the apartments to be pegged to affordable rents.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
• This was the sixth game this season that City have been pegged back after taking the lead.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
• Economists polled by Reuters had pegged growth at 15%.
  — Sean Conlon,lee Ying Shan,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 June 2026
• The pact hasn’t been finalized, but sources peg the sales price in the seven-figure range.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
• At current exchange rates, the growth is pegged at around 10 percent.
  — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
• Initial reports pegged the number of people on board at either six or eight.
  — Mosheh Gains, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• That is, how a writer can feel pegged or slotted by her publisher and made to write one type of book over and over.
  — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
• The betting odds have pegged Young as the favorite to be the Panthers’ pick.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 21 Apr. 2023
• State law raises it every summer, pegged to the rate of inflation.
  — Mike Rogoway | [email protected], oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
• There’s still no official date for the store opening, but reports peg it for later this month.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 6 Apr. 2023
• City were also pegged back away to Monaco, at home to Bournemouth and now against Leeds.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
• As Fey said in an interview pegged to season one, the truth is humorous.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• The team pegged training camp as the most appropriate timeline.
  — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 9 June 2026
• This is pegged at £885 million, down from £923 million last year.
  — Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• But concerns over his smaller stature and physicality leave him pegged as a late-round pick.
  — Sam Warren, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
• Full year revenue was pegged at 25% to 29% growth against 30% in the fourth quarter.
  — Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026