Example Sentences

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The fried chicken sandwich at Pecking House in New York is not your average sandwich.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Pecking order: Spotting a woodpecker in Inverness was Stuart Lilley.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

Before Pecking House, Huang hoped to open a fine-dining restaurant that would treat Chinese cooking with the same reverence, and charge the same high prices, as other cuisines.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

Poultry in motion: The 2017 documentary "Pecking Order" explores the wacky world of chicken-breeding competitions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2018

Chickens go back to Pecking at the sandy ground.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto