| The appearance of a series of tall metal poles at the roadside this week had piqued the curiosity of motorists. |
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| When she was in high school, Lisa Pietrusza took a social studies course that piqued her curiosity about politics. |
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| Listening to Kyan talk about all the ancillary benefits of relaxation and mental discipline piqued my interest. |
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| I normally refrain from chiming in to an editor, but this story piqued my civic conscience. |
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| Our interest was further piqued when Shanghaiist's Chinese literature professor remarked that he too was glued to the television every night. |
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| It doesn't bother me now, but for years I have to say I was a bit piqued at the lack of ceremony surrounding my arrival. |
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| Her curiosity piqued, she gathered 10 exams from the past three years and discovered that most of the literary passages had been expurgated. |
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| Like when Maradona went in a huff with Pele, piqued at not getting player of the 20th century. |
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| The management finally took up the matter with the Housing Minister, M.C. Sampath, who apparently felt piqued at the official attitude. |
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| However, what the promoters feel piqued about, is the brand value of Colorplus mentioned in the report. |
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| Broughan is hardly alone in feeling piqued at the dearth of vision amongst the suits at Queen Margaret Drive. |
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| He was a little piqued when I brought it back with a few bullet holes, the antenna shot off and one rudder cable severed. |
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| The colors looked brighter, offensive and sharp on our senses, piqued and heightened. |
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| Kelley, piqued, took her purse from him, setting the teacup carefully down. |
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| Since we're always looking for games that might stand apart, our interest was piqued to learn more. |
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| Although secretly piqued by Jake's comments and judgment, Luke decided that the current situation didn't need extra strenuousness. |
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| That was when his interest in Walsh was first piqued by a disparaging throwaway remark slung across the kitchen table by his mother. |
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| Curiosity piqued my harbored interest and I stole a glance at myself, to see what others saw of me. |
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| But in addition to the election-oriented questions, there were some other answers that piqued my interest. |
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| Apparently piqued, the NYSE gave the report to Grasso and to the media, which soon put it online, giving it to the rest of the world, too. |
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| It piqued my interest enough to care about where this story, and these characters, are going. |
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| So eggheaded am I about much of what I watch, I was rather piqued that I couldn't have both sets of subtitles on the screen at the same time. |
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| If they ask Congress for more troops and more money, will the American people not get a bit piqued and take it out on their President? |
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| One does attempt to make the government actually represent us by demonstrating and the like, but Aaronovitch seems to get piqued when people do that. |
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| They may be even more piqued to find that Jim Wallace knew of the First Minister's heart problem three days before any of Dewar's Labour colleagues. |
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| When the buzz begins to build about a film, my curiosity is piqued. |
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| With curiosity now piqued, let's dig a bit deeper into the wording. |
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| When they returned to Canada, their enthusiasm for the bobsleigh piqued others' interest in the sport. |
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| It doesn't mean that I would say no to it but I haven't found that it has piqued my interest yet, because of a lot of different factors. |
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| Styles, meanwhile, was in Hollywood to attend Harvey Weinstein's pre-Oscars party and has supposedly piqued the interests of casting directors. |
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| He piqued himself on being so with them more than with any one else. |
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| I think it just piqued my curiosity because he was a division representative. |
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| The article piqued her curiosity and she has asked you to conduct some research and report back to her on the subject. |
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| This piqued her interest more about Jesus, and she also wondered for weeks just what a Melchizedek was. |
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| In addition to having fun, many of these people may have their curiosity piqued and become future engineers and scientists. |
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| His interest in the sport was first piqued when he saw Chinese rifle shooters on television at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. |
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| Her interest in public affairs was piqued during her university years at Carleton University. |
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| He was only ten years old when the first balloon flights piqued his imagination as to the different ways in which man might fly. |
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| The presentation of its Language Buddies Program piqued curiosity and contributed to the traffic at the PCH booth. |
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| Valerie from Toronto piqued our interest when she broke down her student budget on video. |
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| These emerging questions piqued Dr. Schmidt's curiosity and increased his desire to delve deeper into the issues they raised. |
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| As a researcher at that time, my curiosity was piqued by this rapid and peculiar transformation. |
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| For example, suppose an issue that arose during a proceeding piqued a member's interest. |
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| However, the launch of the new euro has piqued public interest in Canada about a North American monetary union. |
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| An adaptation for stage followed after the success of South Park piqued interest in the previous work of Parker and Matt Stone, his South Park co-conspirator. |
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| I was a bit piqued because I wanted to be known as the funny student. |
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| Since it's now 11 pm, I'm a bit piqued at wasting an entire evening. |
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| I admittedly was pretty uneducated about this disease but it has piqued my interest in the last few months as these clients are close relatives of someone very dear to me. |
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| So your interest is piqued, but then how did you convince Marvel to hand you the keys? |
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| Her curiosity was piqued, and she began a nearly decade-long critical review of the research on dietary fat. |
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| The white whales that approached his boat piqued his curiosity. |
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| My interest was thoroughly piqued and I sought more details. |
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| She treated him indulgently, as if he were a child. He thought he did not mind. But deep below the surface it piqued him. |
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| These thoughts represent the ideas that piqued my interest while curating talks and exhibits based on the thought experiment of a future African city-superpower. |
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| Whether because they were piqued or just because they could, Hungary hit back five times, inflicting a 10-1 defeathatat remains the heaviest in World Cup history. |
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| Jim Cramer's October 20, 2009 endorsement of the Iraqi Dinar on CNBC has further piqued interest in the investment. |
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| He had been piqued by the failure of all his endeavors to ferret out the assassins. |
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| What piqued your interest in linguistic-minority rights? |
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| You piqued my interest greatly when you mentioned Emily Carr, because one week ago I was at Emily Carr making an announcement there and I was totally amazed at the marriage between traditional art and contemporary technology. |
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| Regarding the cover image, my interest was piqued at the sight of this phantasmagorical glyph, because nobody has ever seen such a crazy symbol before in all of human history. |
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| The amazing thing is that this team of four engineering students made this dream come true, and piqued the curiosity of everyone at the Project Fair. |
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| The wide diversity of Cuban culture has piqued the cultural curiosity of the French public, which appreciates the chance it offers to constantly discover something new. |
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| For Lewis never piqued the interest of the public such as bad-boy Mike Tyson and the charismatic Oscar De La Hoya. |
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| That piqued his curiosity in the seventh grade. |
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| The June 2013 announcement of Carreno's appointment brought BSJ instant media exposure and piqued the curiosity of balletomanes from coast to coast. |
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| When I heard of a tribute band from Glasgow who played the music of Bowie, it immediately piqued my interest as a promoter in the Electric Circus. |
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