kernel

Example Sentences

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Is there any kernel of truth to anything she’s saying?

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

But they need to find the kernel of truth in the complaints, without explaining them away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Call it a kernel of hope to hold onto as we turn the page.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

A central kernel of the premise of “After the Hunt” is that you never know what someone is going through.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

The woman says, “I brought something—” Even through its newspaper wrapping, Marie-Laure knows it is the model house; it feels as if this woman has dropped a molten kernel of memory into her hands.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr