How to Use pecking order in a Sentence

pecking order

noun

• As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order.
• The 25-year-old point guard moved up the Spurs’ pecking order the day DeRozan was dealt to the Bulls.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Oct. 2021
• But his spot in the pecking order remains up in the air.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
• But here’s a hunch the Broncos have the pecking order all mixed up.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2020
• By the end of this season, perhaps, the pecking order in the new league should take shape in earnest.
  — oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2021
• In the case of many schools, Texas and Oklahoma will knock them down a notch or two in the pecking order.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 30 July 2021
• Michael Gallup and CeeDee Lamb simply move up in the pecking order.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2020
• So the Mavs could have something to say about the final pecking order.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2020
• Newland, the lead defendant, was the chief of staff — third in the fleet’s pecking order.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2022
• In the pecking order of picture books, Robert McCloskey’s have been at the top of the heap for almost 80 years.
  — Elisabeth Egan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• Steve Raucci was far from the top of the district pecking order.
  — John Crowley, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
• The game moves quickly at the big league level, both between the lines and in a team’s pecking order.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• The system doesn’t just damage those at the bottom of the pecking order.
  — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• But as head coach Bryan Harsin has said, there’s still some sort of pecking order, if not a depth chart.
  — Giana Han, al, 6 Apr. 2021
• Two questions: Where do the Calvert brothers fall in the pecking order?
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
• Prior to the shortage, the process of a building a car likened a pyramid with a strict pecking order.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2022
• Popovich has been pleased with how Vassell had adapted to his new place in the pecking order.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2022
• That leaves Jo Adell and Mickey Moniak at the end of the pecking order.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• What’s the pecking order at quarterback, and who will start for you?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2021
• But the pecking order seems likely to change again with the production ramp in Berlin.
  — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
• Regardless of the job, the wages of prisoners at the bottom of the pecking order run from 10 cents to 45 cents an hour.
  — Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022
• Nolan was no better than third in the quarterback pecking order for the first three weeks of camp.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2021
• That was the lowest rate among the most populous states -- a far cry from Texas’ usual spot at the top of the pecking order.
  — Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2020
• With back-to-back losses, the Raiders sit eighth in the AFC postseason pecking order.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 5 Dec. 2019
• Who knows where Jabari Smith Jr. stands in the pecking order of Houston’s rebuild?
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
• He was benched during the Texas game, remained behind Caleb Williams in the pecking order and is now in the portal.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
• With those three gone and Ze’Vian Capers injured, the pecking order isn’t quite there among the wide receivers.
  — Giana Han, al, 6 Apr. 2021
• Beane would not say where Allen fell in the quarterback pecking order.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• All three were supremely talented and held the prime spots in the end-of-the-runway positioning pecking order for many years.
  — Ivan Shaw, Vogue, 18 June 2024
• In addition to flying in his free time, Mitchell spent years working his way up the pecking order in the department’s aerial operations.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024