Sample Sentences for
pique
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(editor-reviewed)

pique as in:  pique your interest

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She piqued my curiosity.
piqued = excited or aroused
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    The documentary piqued her interest in environmental activism.
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    The messages were cryptic, meant to pique curiosity and discussion.  (source)
    pique = arouse
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    This was enough to pique my curiosity: With little religious training, I was desperate for some exposure to a real church.  (source)
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    This immediately piqued Peter's curiosity.  (source)
    piqued = excited
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    I'm guessing that if there's one thing that might pique an angel's prejudice, it's someone who looks like he should be surrounded by hellfire.  (source)
    pique = arouse
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    This piques her interest.  (source)
    piques = arouses
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    Unable to deny his piqued curiosity, Kai eyed the queen.  (source)
    piqued = aroused
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    This seemed to pique general curiosity, and quite a number of people began to run.  (source)
    pique = excite
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    That piqued Thomas's interest—he had been wanting to do that.  (source)
    piqued = excited or aroused
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    Nonetheless, his scouting report and tip on a story angle did little to pique Frankie's enthusiasm.  (source)
    pique = arouse
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    His interest piqued by the similarity of their stories, Adam asked how the pastor's daughter had gotten out of jail and where she was currently.  (source)
    piqued = aroused
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    She didn't want to think about him, but Doris had said just enough to pique her curiosity.  (source)
    pique = arouse
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    It had piqued her curiosity yet further.  (source)
    piqued = aroused or excited
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pique as in:  in a pique about it

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She quit the committee in a pique over the professional slight.
pique = a feeling of resentment or indignation
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    In a pique, I foolishly resigned.
    pique = feeling of resentment
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    "It's Your Majesty," grumped His Majesty in a rare show of royal pique.  (source)
    pique = indignation
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    Besides, even if ancillaries don't beat people, or take bribes, or rape, or shoot people out of pique—those people human troops shot ...a hundred years ago they'd have been stored in suspension for future use as ancillary segments.  (source)
    pique = irritation
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    We cannot have you revealing your identity in a fit of pique or spite.  (source)
    pique = a feeling of resentment or indignation
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    Friendship is easier when it has no history, no time for broken promises and all the little piques that fill a running tally sheet.  (source)
    piques = indignations and resentments
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    He was piqued by Ford's skeptical reaction.  (source)
    piqued = irritated or indignant
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    Hepzibah, piquing herself on a woman's accuracy in such matters, held it to be slightly different from what Clifford described; but, producing the very gown from an old trunk, it proved to be identical with his remembrance of it.†  (source)
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    This defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle.  (source)
    pique = resentment or indignation
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    I understand practically everything, except one thing that piques my curiosity.†  (source)
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    Beyond the bar and scattered across the rows of ancient wooden pews, there was an impressive crowd, its collective curiosity piqued.  (source)
    piqued = aroused
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    There were new scents here, piquing my interest, increasing my curiosity.†  (source)
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    The next one—another roustabout—also leaves in a fit of pique.  (source)
    pique = feelings of resentment or indignation
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    Even the piques of his palate, if they speak to anything.†  (source)
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