perked up

Example Sentences

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Close nervously said her name and Wooden immediately perked up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

When pitching a TV show around Hollywood a few years ago, I saw the ways media executives’ eyes perked up with approval when I mentioned Chinatown as a setting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Still, she perked up last year when she looked around his living room and saw a holstered handgun on a shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Agents in metropolitan areas across the nation say buyer demand perked up this month.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

She perked up when I mentioned Grover, hut when I told her what he'd said, she seemed to get distant again, suspicious.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan