peckish

Example Sentences

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Mahaffy, who starred in the exuberant revival of “A Man of No Importance” at A Noise Within last season, is more insistently peckish — hungry rather than hangry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Using infrared sensors, the team watched which landing platforms the peckish mosquitoes chose.

From Science Magazine • May 18, 2023

Blackpool Zoo in Lancashire advertised after bosses said peckish pests had been persistently stealing food from visitors and animal enclosures.

From BBC • May 1, 2023

So, feeling a bit peckish after the first overtime, he scarfed down a plate of spicy pork and broccoli.

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

Customers arrive in human waves, sometimes disgorged fifty at a time from their tour buses, peckish and whiny.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich