flaky

Example Sentences

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Or maybe the splurge is reserved for the morning after: flaky pastries from the good bakery, eaten slowly with nice coffee when there’s nowhere in particular you need to be.

From Salon

Later, the counter began to crowd with flaky croissants, sticky pastry, brioches with amber sheen.

From Salon

Bat ignored the lava question, but about the paste he said, “Glue works better than paste. The paste gets all weird and flaky when it dries.”

From Literature

It was flaky and bursting with what appeared to be nuts.

From Literature

It looks kind of like a flaky roll, in the shape of a crescent moon.

From Literature