chipped
Example Sentences
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At a punk show, a singer’s tooth was chipped when a crowd member bumped into the microphone, prompting a reminder to tone down the rowdiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“For savers with money sitting in savings accounts earning a median or average rate, some may be seeing their returns being chipped away,” Roske said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Queens trailed 7-2 in the second inning but slowly chipped away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
It was ultimately broken in the 31st over when Bethell chipped Prasidh Krishna to Rohit to square leg.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Dust lay thick on the floor, there were neat hillocks of chipped cement and the earth where bandicoots, for some obscure reason of their own, had dug.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
