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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Squares of focaccia, still plush in the center and flecked with rosemary and fat flakes of sea salt.

From Salon

It’s no wonder the experience can feel oddly flat or stop-start, punctuated by small panics over whether it was two teaspoons or two tablespoons of red pepper flakes.

From Salon