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
“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
Thairo Estrada nit a double that scored Davis with one out and preceded Bart’s two-run double.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
We may therefore say, as nit is a sleight of hand with ideas and conceptions, so stratagem is a sleight of hand with actions.
From On War — Volume 1 by Colonel J. J. Graham
