I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pique sb's curiosity (= make someone want to know about something )
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Something she said had piqued his curiosity.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But when he had asked her to marry him, she had declined out of nothing more than pique .
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In a fit of pique , she'd included some wild canvases in the last show.
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In July, in a fit of progressive pique , I considered bolting for Nader.
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She'd lied about it out of pique , but now it seemed to be turning to her advantage.
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Yellow pique with little cap sleeves.
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You have to go beyond that, transcend revenge and pique and cruelty and cowardice.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
curiosity
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Then he told me something that piqued my curiosity .
interest
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What we want to do first, though, is to pique your interest by sharing some of the accomplishments.
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But organization is not the arena that piques my interest most.
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But three recent cases are piquing our interest , and analysts say they may signal new and more venal form of corruption.
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The short segments released this week are designed to pique interest rather than answer questions.
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But something innkeeper Darlene Elders said over breakfast piqued their interest .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But my comment seemed to have piqued Lleland.
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But organization is not the arena that piques my interest most.
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But three recent cases are piquing our interest, and analysts say they may signal new and more venal form of corruption.
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Freshfields's new marbled offices off Fleet Street would pique the ego of the grandest City banker.
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From the start my interest was most piqued by Valadon and Meurent, perhaps because I identified with them the most.
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London's leading pair, as if piqued by this, turned 30 September into the longest afternoon.
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She was uncompromisingly hostile to him, which piqued and fascinated him.
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What we want to do first, though, is to pique your interest by sharing some of the accomplishments.