How to Use pique in a Sentence

pique

1 of 2 verb
  • Brightly colored objects pique a baby's interest.
  • If all this has piqued your interest, time is of the essence.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But once in a while, an odd name will catch our eye and pique our interest.
    — Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The young boy’s interest was piqued.
    — Andrew Weeks, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Lupe knew the prank was going to pique her interest.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The name catches your eye and your interest is piqued.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
  • That piqued the actress’ interest enough to at least take a look at the script.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026
  • Not that their curiosity hasn’t been piqued at points.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • The high prices have piqued the interest of Wall Street.
    — Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Is your interest piqued by the prospect of a new Muppet show?
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Romelu Lukaku are piquing interest.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But her movie piques our interest rather than grabbing us by the throat the way a good crime flick should.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Kang also tries to present a range of books that might pique a student’s interests.
    — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The brush is meant to mimic a grizzly bear food cache and so pique the bears’ interest.
    — Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2013
  • What’s in it for the person who piqued shoppers’ interest in the first place?
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Her curiosity was piqued, and her father gave her the script.
    — Douglas Greenwood, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But — at least in that moment — his interest was piqued enough to explore the idea.
    — EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When our emotions get piqued, whether for good or for bad, that’s also exhausting.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In case that somehow isn’t enough to pique your interest, your stay comes with a load of extras.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 July 2021
  • Students were able to take a test flight on an airplane, which helped pique his interest even more.
    — Theresa Bourke, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026
  • But her curiosity was piqued because the plot of the episode was being held close to the vest.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2023
  • This gift is sure to pique the interest of the dad who loves sneakers and footwear in general.
    — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Step inside, and your appetite is piqued by a wood-burning pizza oven to the left and a tony lounge to your right.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • There’s these trends happening; which ones pique your interest?
    — Vulture, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The movie is fairly adult, or at least it’s been successful in piquing adults’ interest.
    — Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
  • And watching Lee in action more than piqued his interest.
    — Mike Kaye may 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2026
  • If there's a profile that piques your interest but isn't verified, that's ok!
    — USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
  • A day when our imaginations will be piqued by the thought that light rather than darkness is at the end of the tunnel.
    — John Anderson, wsj.com, 4 May 2023
  • All the barre buzz piqued my curiosity and convinced me to give the modality a shot.
    — Kristine Thomason, Women's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Bardet credits this research for piquing his interest in this subject.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026

pique

2 of 2 noun
  • He slammed the door in a fit of pique.
  • After a moment of pique, the senator responded calmly to his accusers.
  • His pique wasn’t just about money or ego.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That’s enough to pique studios’ interest.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Lubatti’s Berenger is an old baby, given to tantrums and fits of pique.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • More precisely, the questions sent Trump into a fit of pique.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • The ticket might have resulted from pique on the officer’s part.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The pique texture adds just enough structure to dress it up with trousers while still working casually with jeans.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
  • But then, in a fit of pique, Kim's father withdrew from the agreement 18 years later.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 9 May 2021
  • The reason for the transfer is that Jud, in a fit of justifiable pique, punched out a fellow priest.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Nov. 2025
  • There was something quite beautiful in the discovery of this adolescent pique in them.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Something else, far below the hum of daily pique, resounds through this massive book—a ground bass of doom and dejection.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
  • In a fit of pique, the world’s most powerful country could both damage the global economy and erode a key source of its own strength.
    — Filippo Gori, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Some of her havoc is calculated, most of it is out of pique that others are living braver, more fulfilling lives.
    — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The term refers not to the young Marie Antoinette in a fit of pique over palace protocol, but to a fashion show for the ages.
    — Bridget Foley, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The president remained out of sight all day on Wednesday, venting his pique now and then on social media.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Democrats said the late Republican objections were the result of pique.
    — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Walter, a spirit channeled by Crandon, once said in a fit of pique that Houdini’s death would come soon.
    — Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021
  • It’s made with the same buttery-soft fabric as the pique pants and features two hand pockets for stashing your everyday essentials.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Any of the invitees to camp pique your interest, as far as making the Opening Day roster?
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Beijing will continue to bluster, threaten military action, and find other ways to show its pique.
    — Therese Shaheen, National Review, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Or relocate from California out of pique?
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Goncalves is an excellent anchor, combining the impish pique of a kid with a sense of how to deliver a punchline that belies her youth.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 June 2022
  • But over time—many decades—Adams’s pique dissipated and turned into something constructive.
    — Ted Widmer, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The kidnap gang, diverted from its mission, blew up the nearby British Council offices in a fit of pique.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Moscow’s subsequent spurning of Medvedchuk has been one of the few visible signs of Putin’s pique.
    — Greg Miller and Catherine Belton, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Hobert wanted to pique listeners’ interest.
    — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • His forthrightness cost him — cost National Review — a lot of money (because of the pique of donors) and a lot of readers.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Even Tomas’ pique at his comeuppance mellows into resignation over the course of the traveling shots that close the film.
    — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The administration has tried everything in its toolbox to stop it, based on not data or studies or anything much beyond rich-old-man pique.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2026

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