Pecks sentence example

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  • The sound began as light pecks on the window, and quickly grew to a crescendo of crashing rocks.
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  • The seed, which should be plump, light in colour, with a thin skin covered by fine wrinkles, is sown in March and early April at the rate of from 8 to 2 pecks to the acre and lightly harrowed in.
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  • Picus rejected her advances, and the goddess in her anger changed him into a woodpecker, which pecks impotently at the branches of trees, but still retains prophetic powers.
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  • You'll discover an amazing selection of coffees from all over the world that can be easily purchased with just a few fast pecks at your computer keyboard.
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  • January 16 th 1833 Michael Garwood for stealing 5 pecks of beans from the barn of Daniel Alston at Stanstead.
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  • We felt all over her and it turned out that she had sore pecks!
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  • Also, first kisses tend to be pecks that last longer with each subsequent kiss.
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