pied
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the southern pied babbler does not, in fact, merely babble.
From Salon • May 29, 2025
And when she got pied in the face at a press conference in Iowa—her instant response: “At least it’s a fruit pie”—a whole bunch of Americans reveled in her comeuppance.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025
I walked down the street like the pied piper, it was awesome.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025
Articulate, charismatic and based in the host city of the next Paralympic Games, Frech has positioned himself to be the pied piper of the Paralympic movement for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
Can you imagine what it’s like to go to Gym and have Coach Quatrini, the pied ninny, announce that morning exercises will be stretches so that we can all practice soaring like Ariel the Fairy?
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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