peacock
Example Sentences
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From her perch in New Orleans, she has also reported on natural disasters, the big business of Mardi Gras and her neighborhood peacock, Mr. P.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
This week, Rausch’s fellow Traitors, Housewives Candiace Dillard Bassett and Lisa Rinna, get to peacock in a massive crown and, for Rinna, a brooch as bewitching as it is deadly.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
The peacock is often used to symbolise beauty and pride in Nigerian art, AFP reports.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
Fish such as wolf fish, peacock bass, and South American lungfish were especially common, accompanied by reptiles including caimans and turtles, and mammals such as capybaras, pacas, and armadillos.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025
“That’s why I’m out here. Thought I might find some peacock snails or red leaf beetles. I’m running out of ideas.”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
