Wondering how to use Pique in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fabric or offend.
Pique in a sentence
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Pique meaning
- To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).
- To pride (oneself) on something.
Synonyms of Pique
Using Pique
- The main meaning on this page is: To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend. | To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest). | To pride (oneself) on something.
- Useful related words include: fabric, offend, vexation, chafe.
- In the example corpus, pique often appears in combinations such as: gerard pique, to pique, pique the.
Context around Pique
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pique
- In this selection, "pique" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, personal, discovered, leaving, interest, spencer and voter stand out and add context to how "pique" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a revolting pique of petty and ambition and pique. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pique" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pique
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A fit of pique is hardly the sort of motive for government action conservatives usually applaud. (16 words)
Kim has now sought the heads of three of the last four presidents, often over personal pique. (17 words)
Newman was not sure what to expect, but had a feeling the film would pique her interest. (17 words)
He was primarily responsible for deposing the House speaker Kevin McCarthy in a fit of pique, and he’s so alienated House colleagues that one had to be physically restrained from attacking him on the House floor. (37 words)
The veteran politician, who had worked as a lecturer of Physics in his early days, peppered his speech with many examples from Algebra and Geometry to pique the interest of the young crowd. (33 words)
Cohn proved himself a conductor who can talk to audiences personably, offering just enough background to pique an audience’s interest, with a sense of humor when called for. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
A fit of pique is hardly the sort of motive for government action conservatives usually applaud.
At first, Silverhand won't like this and call V soft, but the container Grayson points out to V will pique his interest.
Cohn proved himself a conductor who can talk to audiences personably, offering just enough background to pique an audience’s interest, with a sense of humor when called for.
Despite being 36 years of age, Djokovic remains at the pique of his powers and is always seen as the man to beat.
Established under Pique's company, Kosmos, the Kings League is a seven-a-side football competition that kicked off back in January 2023.
He wrote in The Telegraph: "Thinking of the common good requires one to put the common good before personal ambition and pique.
Kim has now sought the heads of three of the last four presidents, often over personal pique.
Newman was not sure what to expect, but had a feeling the film would pique her interest.
Shakira is said to have discovered Pique's alleged affair thanks to a jar of strawberry jam that had been eaten.
These can pique interest and drive traffic to the main website or platform hosting the full video.
The veteran politician, who had worked as a lecturer of Physics in his early days, peppered his speech with many examples from Algebra and Geometry to pique the interest of the young crowd.
They have recently been spotted leaving Pique's bachelor pad together and appeared to have been in a good mood.
Though most get over their pique and stay here, some famous Americans have abandoned their citizenship, for a variety of reasons.
With his impressive filmography and immense popularity, Nagarjuna’s next project is sure to pique the interest of his fans and the film industry.
He was primarily responsible for deposing the House speaker Kevin McCarthy in a fit of pique, and he’s so alienated House colleagues that one had to be physically restrained from attacking him on the House floor.
In a revolting pique of petty, confirming that he would destroy America for his own personal gain, Trump insulted American hostages’ release from Russia, praising Putin instead.
It was hosted at the Guildhall in the centre of Salisbury, returning with plenty of stalls to give people of all ages and genders something to pique their curiosity.
I’ve long liked the idea of high-spec RC cars — drift cars, particularly, pique my interest — but this Z is truly something special.
Learn how to pique Spencer Bradley’s interest by introducing a little friendly competition into your relationship.
One suggestion we've heard would be to move the Illinois presidential primary to Super Tuesday to pique voter interest.
Common combinations with pique
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gerard pique 29×
- to pique 16×
- pique the 13×
- pique and 13×
- of pique 5×
- will pique 4×
- pique your 4×
- that pique 4×
- pique is 3×
- would pique 3×