flake
Example Sentences
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It appeared to London that the women thought she was flaking on their plans.
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.”
I find my cereal in the pantry, and there are only like five flakes rattling around.
From Literature
Heaps of old-fashioned oats, raw coconut flakes, chopped cashews and pumpkin seeds amp up the fiber quotient.
Squares of focaccia, still plush in the center and flecked with rosemary and fat flakes of sea salt.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
