: being pale and wan or emaciated : sickly
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Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
One individual, later identified as 31-year-old Fadi Shuman, was also shown in the clip taking an officer's peaked cap and running away with it.
—Kyle Morris, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2024
Look closer, though, and the peaked thrust of that stage begins to suggest the prow of a ship, or perhaps the gable of a house — and is that a ribbon of sand that outlines it against the dark sea of the theater’s floor?
—Trey Graham, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Naco’s new gym — topped with a peaked metal mesh roof that has a monumental profile on one side and a more intimate scale on the other — is at the crossroads of three neighborhoods and a local train line.
—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The pieces of a house - a peaked roof, fence, door, windows - seem to have been blown apart in some Wizard of Oz mishap.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
Located 25 minutes north of Dornoch, Brora reopened in 2021 with its antique copper pots refurbished and installed beneath a dramatic peaked roof.
—Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
While neighbors on the row were renovated to add a full third story, No. 51 kept its peaked roof with a dormer window.
—Curbed, 17 Jan. 2024
The cottage's features mirror those of the main home with a peaked gable, white siding, metal roof, and inviting front porch.
—Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
Adjective
Together with the skull and bones, worn by some of the groups’ officers on their peaked hats, the SS logo, which looks like two lightning bolts, became the symbol of the terror of the Nazi state.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
One individual, later identified as 31-year-old Fadi Shuman, was also shown in the clip taking an officer's peaked cap and running away with it.
—Kyle Morris, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2024
Look closer, though, and the peaked thrust of that stage begins to suggest the prow of a ship, or perhaps the gable of a house — and is that a ribbon of sand that outlines it against the dark sea of the theater’s floor?
—Trey Graham, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Naco’s new gym — topped with a peaked metal mesh roof that has a monumental profile on one side and a more intimate scale on the other — is at the crossroads of three neighborhoods and a local train line.
—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The pieces of a house - a peaked roof, fence, door, windows - seem to have been blown apart in some Wizard of Oz mishap.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
Located 25 minutes north of Dornoch, Brora reopened in 2021 with its antique copper pots refurbished and installed beneath a dramatic peaked roof.
—Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
While neighbors on the row were renovated to add a full third story, No. 51 kept its peaked roof with a dormer window.
—Curbed, 17 Jan. 2024
The cottage's features mirror those of the main home with a peaked gable, white siding, metal roof, and inviting front porch.
—Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
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“Peaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peaked. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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