Sentence examples for with a peck from inspiring English sources

His wife, Susan Connors, said he greeted her not with a peck but with a full-blown kiss.

On a recent evening, the hostess greeted nearly every party that came through the door with a peck on the cheek.

Jelena had promised Jamie 'many kisses' for a victory - but the first British winner since 1987 had to make do with a peck on the cheek.

For example, in France, a relationship-oriented culture, good friends greet members of the opposite sex with a peck on each cheek.

Even the simple act of saying goodbye to a loved one at a bus stop can trigger low-level shame – do we kiss goodbye with a peck on the cheek?

And in a country where men and women at work typically greet one another every morning with a peck on both cheeks, America's near-ban on physical contact in the workplace strikes many as a throwback to Victorian times.

It began with a pecking piano ostinato, steady notes against syncopated ones, and a concise pop melody before it started to leap.

Like US News & World Report with colleges, they freshen the list each year based on new developments, and again like US News they sometimes end up with a pecking-order that doesn't quite mesh with reality.

For her part, Janney who sports a bad pixie cut, coke-bottle glasses, and a ratty fur coat with a pecking parakeet on her shoulder had only some footage of Tonya's side of a phone conversation with her mother from a 1990s Yale student documentary and a 1990s Montel Williams talk show appearance to go on.

You can often find these insects with a piece pecked out of the wing, but gamely fluttering on to live another day.

In Ms. Garrison's eyes, there's nothing wrong with commerce giving art a peck on the cheek.