piqued
Example Sentences
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So when a peddler arrives with a rare item and information, the overseer’s interest is piqued.
Lower mortgage rates and Washington’s focus on housing have piqued the interest of home buyers this spring.
From Barron's
As California’s water crisis worsened, recalling the constant swish of sprinklers throughout her childhood piqued her interest in native plants.
From Los Angeles Times
That type of divergence has piqued the interest of investors who question how to value AI’s ultimate payoff or struggle to understand the financial arrangements underpinning massive infrastructure spending.
Eventually, I figured out that “walking” and “ambient” were useful search terms to find what I was looking for, along with whatever destination piqued my curiosity at the moment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
