nit
Example Sentences
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One nit to pick: Guests are handed a check upon leaving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But the Surge’s bylaws are clear that no nit be left unpicked, and so we have to quibble with his framing.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026
The key is using a nit comb to remove all the lice and eggs from the hair at the end of the treatment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
“He was cold and limp, not moving. He had fly strike, which is little fly larvae, all over him. My wife got a nit comb and cleaned him up.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023
The first words he spoke after the disaster were, "Them 'at's born to be hang't, is suèr nit to be droon't!"
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
