flaking

Example Sentences

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Qubein, the newly appointed president, took a tour with his two college-age daughters and saw rust flaking off an old shower head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

It was white all over, but the white layer seemed to be flaking off.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

Soon a soft outline of new skin forms around the cuts, peeling and flaking for a while, until one day, you wake up, and there is no scar, just your skin.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

If you have itching, flaking, rashes in the scalp, Krueger says that may be a sign you may need to wash more frequently.

From National Geographic • Aug. 22, 2023

It did not give up enough light even for Coraline to make out the things that had been painted onto the flaking cellar walls.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman