peaked

How To Use peaked In A Sentence

• I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
• This in some degree corresponds with Captain Cook's record of the irregularity of his compass when he passed near this part of the coast, in consequence of which he called the peaked island to the westward of the cape, Magnetical Island: this irregularity, however, was not noticed by me in my observations near the same spot; and the difference observed by him may very probably have been occasioned by the ship's local attraction, which in those days was unknown. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
• Sales have now peaked and we expect them to decrease soon.
• London's FTSE 100 index peaked at 6,900 at the turn of the millennium.
• Continue beside the loch to Taynuilt from where you can see twin-peaked Ben Cruachan (3,695ft) to the left of the road.
• He is described as being aged between 30 and 40 and was wearing jeans, a dark jacket and a peaked cap.
• The rocket continued higher on the momentum from the successful first-stage burn, but it soon peaked and started to fall.
• The growth figures suggest Ireland may recapture some of the form of the boom years when economic growth peaked at 11.5 per cent.
• Internally, the central span peaked on rounded trusses.
• An analysis of breath samples taken from 11 U.S. health-care workers before they received the 2009 H1N1 live intranasal vaccine and daily for the next seven days found that nitric-oxide levels peaked on the third day after vaccination. Dental Exams May Help Diagnose Diabetes