crust

Example Sentences

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Constable’s famously crusted, white-flecked surfaces, as seen in this painting’s coarsely textured beams and choppy canal water, and in its windswept, cloud-filled skies, became touchstones in his work.

From The Wall Street Journal

He blinked and wiped the crust from his eyes.

From Literature

It didn’t help that I stank of the filthy, fishy water in the boat, which had dried and crusted over me.

From Literature

Focaccia, with its airy, spongy interior and crisp, olive-oil–slicked crust, is equal parts hearty and delicate, an ideal sandwich bread if there ever was one.

From Salon

Far underneath the surface of the earth, rock tore away from rock as a giant slab of the earth’s crust wrested free from its trap.

From Literature