How to Use "pecking" with Example Sentences

1. After pecking up the rice the bird gently combs its feathers .

2. But swedish newspapers have suggested that the birds had been pecking at salt on the road when they were run over by a passing lorry .

3. To clamber up the pecking order , some people slave away nights and weekends at the office .

4. They also aspire to a higher place in society 's pecking order , but in so doing force others in the rat race to run faster to keep up .

5. Now there are 13 hens pecking around the yard .