flake

Example Sentences

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"This was not casual flake production, but a technology that required planning, precision, and a deep understanding of stone properties and fracture mechanics," says Zhao.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

"I was so red, my skin was so tight, then it would flake, then it would ooze, and then the cycle would begin again."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

After deep contemplation, she despaired, writing: “Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Any while we’re on the subject of flavor, level up your loved one’s spice game with Flatiron Pepper Co.’s chili flake blends.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

The blisters had dried and begun to flake away.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin