Sentence examples for peck out from inspiring English sources

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"peck out" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe the action of a bird using its beak to remove or pick at something. It can also be used figuratively to describe someone repeatedly and vigorously poking or attacking something. Example: The woodpecker pecked out a small hole in the tree trunk to make a nest for its offspring. Figurative example: The angry bird pecked out insults at the other animals in the barnyard.

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peck out

verb

To remove by pecking

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No awkward stretches to peck out a house number.

The New York Times - Tech

I peck out a to-do list on my iPhone: Call schools.

The New York Times

Residents are free to stroll through the newsroom as reporters peck out stories.

The New York Times

It was also a laborious effort to peck out notes on its tiny keyboard.

The New York Times

It had also become an alternative to my laptop, allowing me to peck out emails while at coffee shops.

The Guardian - Opinion

It's hard to peck out clever flirtations onto a tiny screen using a tiny keyboard; harder still to revise them.

The New Yorker

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Three men have had their eyes pecked out by curlews.

The New Yorker

In this dream, the… Three men have had their eyes pecked out by curlews.

The New Yorker

They can have their eyes pecked out by a more vigorous adversary.

The New York Times - Sports

The New Yorker, April 17 , 1978P. 30 Three men have had their eyes pecked out by curlews.

The New Yorker

(And it had indeed been pecked out on a typewriter, not printed from a computer).

The New York Times

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