pied

Example Sentences

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A neo-traditionalist and pied piper for the New York downtown set, Keith and his nine lives most recently turned to Instagram after a stroke impaired his ability to speak.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Meanwhile, the southern pied babbler does not, in fact, merely babble.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

And when she got pied in the face at a press conference in Iowa—her instant response: “At least it’s a fruit pie”—a whole bunch of Americans reveled in her comeuppance.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

I walked down the street like the pied piper, it was awesome.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Pigeons could be made to look like roosters and peacocks, and dogs made short-haired, long-haired, pied, piebald, bowlegged, hairless, crop-tailed, vicious, mild-mannered, diffident, guarded, belligerent.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee