Explore Piquing through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Piquing meaning
present participle and gerund of pique
Using Piquing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of pique
- In the example corpus, piquing often appears in combinations such as: piquing people.
Context around Piquing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Piquing
- In this selection, "piquing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conversation, politics, people, voters and viewers stand out and add context to how "piquing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aimed at piquing people s and candidates are piquing voters interest. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "piquing" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with piquing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It went on to spark social conversation, piquing viewers’ curiosity and ultimately becoming a Twitter sensation. (16 words)
The photos are intentionally arresting, aimed at piquing people’s curiosity enough to stop them scrolling their feeds. (18 words)
This question is a signal about which candidates are piquing voters' interest and could have room to grow. (18 words)
And while the number of candidates appearing on the debate stage has been winnowed down to just 10, some 2020 presidential candidates’ lights are shining just a little brighter than others when it comes to piquing voters’ interest. (38 words)
Maybe it’s real-world politics piquing people’s interest; maybe it’s streaming platforms encouraging North Americans to sample something foreign; maybe Israelis’ intense emotions just work well on the small screen. (33 words)
By the late 1920s, Al Capone and the Mob were inspiring not only fear, but piquing mainstream curiosity about the American underworld. (22 words)
Example sentences (6)
It went on to spark social conversation, piquing viewers’ curiosity and ultimately becoming a Twitter sensation.
The photos are intentionally arresting, aimed at piquing people’s curiosity enough to stop them scrolling their feeds.
And while the number of candidates appearing on the debate stage has been winnowed down to just 10, some 2020 presidential candidates’ lights are shining just a little brighter than others when it comes to piquing voters’ interest.
Maybe it’s real-world politics piquing people’s interest; maybe it’s streaming platforms encouraging North Americans to sample something foreign; maybe Israelis’ intense emotions just work well on the small screen.
This question is a signal about which candidates are piquing voters' interest and could have room to grow.
By the late 1920s, Al Capone and the Mob were inspiring not only fear, but piquing mainstream curiosity about the American underworld.
Common combinations with piquing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: