crumb
Example Sentences
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Whatever else was happening inside my body, that combination — warm spice, soft crumb, sugary crunch — felt like safety.
From Salon
It was a Nation crime to leave even a few crumbs behind.
From Literature
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But when my evening piece of bread appeared on the door shelf, I scattered some crumbs and to my joy he popped out almost at once.
From Literature
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The cookies Theo had come in to steal didn’t even exist; the tins in my room are all crumbs.
From Literature
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Their hopes of chasing Irish demons from their door had gone, but with a five-metre lineout to come there was a chance of a crumb.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.