hunt-and-peck

Example Sentences

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“What changed was the technique to not have to hunt-and-peck for hot water,” Rogers said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

He became adept at hunt-and-peck typing; texting with his right thumb was no longer an option.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022

But if you do want something better than hunt-and-peck and a bank of emoji, you’re out of luck for now.

From The Verge • Mar. 29, 2022

Sent by John Horton Conway, then a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, the letter ran 12 pages, typed hunt-and-peck style.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2020

He would run off a couple of pages of regular exercise, and then turn back to the hunt-and-peck system of typing to work on a story.

From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver