flake

Example Sentences

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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

They found that flake cereals with fruit “played more into people’s need for sensory pleasure,” Food Business News reported.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

He said digs at the site have turned up about 70 items ranging from flake stones to a rare example of an early ground stone.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

They then stamped the graphene flake onto an hBN flake and placed a second hBN flake over the graphene structure.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

The provoking girl was picking one last flake of confetti off her front fur.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck