peck at
Example Sentences
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Brian’s home sits on a dirt lot, where several chickens peck at the weeds next to a table under a large tarp that blocks the sun during hot summer months.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
Baby birds, for example, will see the red area on the mother's beak and peck at it.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
The ducks follow a daily routine: In the morning, they go to the vineyards to prevent crop damage, and in the evening they return to their paddocks to peck at pellets of nutritious bird food.
From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2023
Richard Pollack, who keeps an eye on the birds at Harvard, said turkeys regularly held up traffic in the streets around campus and have been known to peck at the hubcaps of cars.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2021
She considered waiting in Henry’s truck, away from the dressed-up chickens that would peck and peck at her until they found something tasty.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
