flake

Example Sentences

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"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

Consumers view flake cereals “as more exiting and interesting than puff cereals,” she said.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

All three of these modes are the most common ways in which conventional composites can internally flake and crumble.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

She would do it with a flake of obsidian.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy