nit

Example Sentences

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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

“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

It features a bright 700 nit 5.5-inch built-in screen that eliminates the need for a phone.

From The Verge • May 10, 2022

But these guys are serious, and they’re not about to walk the plank just because the Coastal Commission picked a nit or two.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2021

And it’s been my experience that the net profit on nothing is nit.

From Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." by Lorimer, George Horace