Aurora sat with that indifference Which piques a preux chevalier,--as it ought.
It endears her to her friends; but it piques the indifferent.
A doubt or a distrust piques your pride, and makes attentions wear a humility that wins anew.
Aurora sat with that indifference Which piques a preux chevalier,--as it ought.
A true specimen of a man of habit should be an old bachelor,--for matrimony deranges the whole clock-work system upon which he piques himself.
Minutes of the Revolutionary committee of the Piques section.
Register of the deliberations of the revolutionary committee of the Piques sections, Brumaire 27, year II.
An apt title excites and piques the curiosity almost as much as does the story itself.
A title that piques curiosity or suggests excitement or emotion will draw a crowd of readers the moment it appears, while a book soberly named must force its merits on the public.
As his Highness piques himself upon wearing a caftan of calico, and a juba or exterior robe of coarse cloth, a ducking has not for him the same terrors it would offer to a less eccentric Osmanli.
That touches him most nearly which is withdrawn to a certain distance, which verges on the borders of oblivion:--that piques and provokes his fancy most, which is hid from a superficial glance.
She piques herself upon being extremely pious; but does not consider lying and deceit are the works of the Devil and not of God.
Her husband is fond of her, and she in turn piques herself upon her love for him; but I should be sorry to swear to her sincerity.
The less the life there proves a counterpart of our earthly state of things, the more it fires fancy and piques inquiry as to what it be.
He is permitted to perceive what piques inquiry and by patient adding of point to point promises at last a rational result.
He so piques himself upon making this match, there is no bearing him.
She likes Mr Arnold prodigiously; she piques herself on her skill in physiognomy, and says, if she is deceived in this gentleman, she will never again rely on that science.
She can talk much better than many of my friends and then she piques my curiosity: she's a sort of intellectual sauce that stirs my rapidly failing mental appetite.
I'm interested in Alwyn; in fact, an honest man in politics, even if he is black, piques my curiosity.
The first sentence of it piques our curiosity to know how "the promised land" has kept its promise, and the story proceeds to tell us.
As the comparison in a metaphor is implied rather than expressed, the points of likeness may not immediately be evident to the reader and thus the figurative statement piques his curiosity.
So a question put to us at the beginning of an article piques our curiosity, and we are not content until we find out how the writer answers it.
The Colonel piques himself exceedingly on this graceful and picturesque approach to his residence, and not without reason; but on the present occasion I could have preferred a line more direct to the line of beauty.
In this latter branch of household economy he became very expert, and still piques himself on it.
My landlord piques himself upon his gallantry and success with the fair-sex: he keeps a fille de joye, and makes no secret of his amours.
But he piques himself upon being polished above the natives of any other country by his conversation with the fair sex.
Among the French, a Nissard piques himself on being Provencal; but in Florence, Milan, or Rome, he claims the honour of being born a native of Italy.
He piques himself upon being very slovenly, very blunt, and very unmannerly; and perhaps to these qualifications be owes his reputation rather than to any superior skill in medicine.
As a Frenchman piques himself on his gallantry, he no sooner makes a conquest of a female's heart, than he exposes her character, for the gratification of his vanity.
Piques and Carreaux signify magazines of arms, which ought always to be well stored.
But lawyers are too wise a nation T' expose their trade to disputation; Or make the busy rabble judges 485 Of all their secret piques and grudges; In which whoever wins the day, The whole profession's sure to pay.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "piques" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
