Sentence examples for they peck from inspiring English sources

They peck at each other's heads and can inflict lethal injuries.

"They peck out their eyes – while they're still alive," says artist Polly Morgan.

They worry that whomever they peck — or whoever pecks them — could transmit the virus.

"They peck on the irrigation hoses and create a lot of damage," he said.

They peck their beaks into the fruit for a little taste and then leave it to rot.

Their coloring has evolved to blend in with charred trees so they are not visible to hawks and other predators as they peck away.

Moreover, they pecked repeatedly at the air, which is also considered unhealthy behaviour.

If I was outside, they stayed near me, chuckling and purring as they pecked at bugs and grass.

Archaeologists have speculated that rock pigeons flocked to the first farms in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, where they pecked at loose grain.

They haven't gone for her eyes yet thankfully – I thought they pecked out the eyes; perhaps it's just lambs' ones they like.

Pigeons were put inside a missile, where they pecked at a screen showing images of the targets they had been trained to recognise, and thereby steered the missile towards the target.