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How to use peter in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Peter means the penis. Example: “Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.”

Examples of peter by meaning

nounThe penis.

  • You smile, act polite, shake their hands, then cut off their peters and put them in your pocket.” “Yes, Mr.1997, Shelby Scates, Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America, page 141
  • “It's to put on their peters when they don't want to make babies,” she said.2002, Celia H Miles, Mattie's Girl: An Appalachian Childhood, page 64

nounA safe.

  • It used to be simple to 'crack a peter'.1963, Kenneth Ullyett, Crime out of Hand, page 109
  • The peter ain’t broke, no sign of it bein’ bettied, and I the only one w’ the key.2013, Zack Wentz, “Simplicity itself”, in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, volume 10, page 161

verbChiefly followed by out: originally (mining), of a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally), to diminish to...

  • A winze sunk on the veinlet showed that it "petered out" entirely at 25 or 30 ft.1910 T. Lane Carter: Mining in Nicaragua. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Vol. XLI. 1910. Canal Zone Meeting...
  • Running up from the bay, it passes between terraced cottages before petering into a footpath that leads over the headland to a golf course and the dune-backed sands of Black Rock.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 73
  • Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.2014 August 23, Neil Hegarty, “Hidden City: Adventures and Explorations in Dublin by Karl Whitney, review: ‘a necessary corrective’ [print...

More sentences with peter

  • Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.From the entry bass
  • Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face, so he could start shaving.From the entry whisk
  • What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing.From the entry peter out
  • Peters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing.From the entry find
  • Peter Shilton is the most capped English footballer.From the entry cap
  • Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.From the entry chime
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.From the entry peck
  • Peter is not easy to get on with.From the entry get on with
  • Peter was sent to detention for backchatting the teacher.From the entry backchat
  • Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.From the entry ambulate
  • Peter was sent to detention for backtalking the teacher.From the entry backtalk
  • Peter has a lot of work ahead of him.From the entry ahead of
  • Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.From the entry same
  • Peter Dutton was a disaster for the Liberals, as the election drubbing showed.2025 July 31, Michelle Grattan, “Grattan on Friday: Aggrieved Liberals stamp their feet, testing Sussan Ley’s authority”, in The…. From the entry drubbing
  • Peter will never forget what happened just after they had gone to bed.2019, Helen Thomas, Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case. From the entry tele
  • Peter was übersexual, gorgeous, sensitive, and holistic, yet manly—check his motorcycle!2009, Sandy Summers, Harry Jacobs Summers, Saving Lives: Why the Media’s Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk, Kaplan Publishing…. From the entry ubersexual
  • Peter Bowbrick comments that she might have been responding to the porkishness of the word 'hog'.2003, Morwenna Griffiths, Feminisms and the Self: The Web of Identity, →ISBN. From the entry porkishness
  • Peter Edmund Haydu assaying triple roles, some of which employ his marvelous Darth Vaderian bass.2003 April 30, Sandy MacDonald, “‘Man of La Mancha’ is lavish but lacking”, in The Boston Globe, volume 263, number 120, page C3, column 4. From the entry Darth Vaderian
  • Peter Griffin: I am not gonna let my family live on the street.2001, "A Fish Out of Water", season 3, episode 10 of Family Guy Hennessey: You need fifty grand, Griffin? I got a suggestion for you. Why…. From the entry date with destiny
  • Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they?1998, Rushmore, 00:27:55. From the entry or
  • Over time Spidey had learned where the tall buildings clustered and where they petered out.1998, Diane Duane, The Venom Factor, page 39. From the entry webslinger
  • Peter Zahradnick is hammily creepy as the doomed handyman who wises up to Rhoda before anyone else.1990 August 10, Lawrence Bommer, “The Bad Seed/Craig's Wife”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry hammily
  • Peter had four barramundi and Rosie had three turtles, a possum and a fat file snake.1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 259. From the entry file snake
  • Peters, Alfred Morrison, section foreman along with his helper, Frank Lindloft, took off with the pump trolley.1976, J. William Calder, All Aboard, Formac Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 118. From the entry pump trolley
  • Peter Mathias and the baby, a tiny girl with a ridiculous name, had gathered around their mother.1971, John Updike, Marry Me, Knopf, published 1976, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry Theodora
  • They cartwheeled a few times, skidded, and then petered out with two ones up.1971, Joseph N. Sorrentino, Up from Never, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry Nina from Pasadena
  • Peter; most of what we do know comes from the Bible.1950 June 25, Christopher Hollis, “Simon, Called Peter: A Portrait; ST. PETER ACCORDING TO THE ARTISTS”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry St. Peter
  • Peter came to the rescue with what might have been a young flag of truce.1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon. From the entry handkerchief
  • Peter had the bright idea of at once looking up C.1937, Ella K. Maillart, Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir, William Heinemann Ltd, page 53. From the entry Sining
  • Peter Isaacson continued his attack on Hearst and the poison pen of his editors.1936 August 31, “Maine Politics Afield”, in Lewiston Evening Journal, USA, retrieved 27 Aug 2010. From the entry poison pen
  • Peter, forging ahead with the bag, stopped to see the result of these manœuvres.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 131. From the entry manœuvre
  • Peter and Paul knew what they were about when they kept the women Dorcassing and such like.1928, Lawrence Pilkington, The Chimneys of Tattleton: A Story of Old Lancashire, page 41. From the entry Dorcas
  • Peter, on the contrary, threw back his head and guffawed thunderously.1900, Stephen Crane, The Knife. From the entry guffaw

Meaning of peter

  1. noun The penis.
  2. noun A safe.
  3. noun A prison cell.

Full definition of peter

Questions about peter in a sentence

How do you use peter in a sentence?
Peter is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.”
What is a short sentence with peter?
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
What does peter mean?
Peter means the penis.

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