Words similar to pecking

Example sentences for: pecking

How can you use “pecking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Instead of birds pecking at painted grapes, we have objects that are real and art.
Other terms that elicit laughter are lower on the pecking order because, although they may display quick thinking, they may lack the tight framework.
A clue for COCK might thus come to read: number one in the pecking order dominates hens and crows (a quizzical statement, unless the word crows is read as a verb) or even: creature with a cow's head and a bullock's rump found in a coop (first letter of cow plus last three letters of bullock ).
On the other hand, if people care about the pecking order, you and your neighbor can get involved in a costly and futile "arms race," sacrificing valuable leisure in your mutually frustrating efforts to be the top earner on the block.
But under the "pecking order" hypothesis, the agreement could serve as a sort of "arms control" that leaves everyone better off by preserving our relative positions while freeing up some extra time for leisure.