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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pique.

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Examples

  • The name piqued my interest, seeming to promise more than a run-of-the-mill grocery experience.

    E-COMMERCE THE STAFF OF The Wall Street Journal 2001

  • She looked disappointed, and her expression piqued his curiosity.

    The Summer Girl Boeshaar, Andrea 2003

  • "Yes," Rhavas said again, but the unfamiliar word piqued interest of a different sort.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • Now that name piqued my curiosity, because the European version appears in the

    thisweeknews.com: RSS 2010

  • Paige Craven, a sophomore at Souhegan, found out about the program via the intercom, and the idea piqued her interest.

    CabinetPress.com | Web Feeds 2009

  • giving their new electric car a popular female first name piqued our interest in how cars get their names.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • giving their new electric car a popular female first name piqued our interest in how cars get their names.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • And finally: One's interest is "piqued," one "peeks" around a corner, and a "peak" is found atop a mountain.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • And finally: One's interest is "piqued," one "peeks" around a corner, and a "peak" is found atop a mountain.

    One of These Words Is Not Like The Other 2010

  • MALVEAUX: And, Roland, one of the key things that they heard from Castro that really kind of piqued their interest was when he talked about that we admitted we're wrong, we have made mistakes, that we're human beings.

    CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2009 2009

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