slat

Example Sentences

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They hand-scrub every little slat of the blinds.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

When I picked up the birdhouse, a nail slipped out and a roof slat fell off.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2021

How would I cope if I heard my daughters bawling but was powerless to hold and assure them, and could speak only through the bottom slat of the basement door or through the kids’ walkie-talkies?

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2020

But Department of Homeland Security testing of a steel slat prototype proved it could be cut through with a saw, according to a report by DHS.”

From MSNBC • Jan. 10, 2019

The rolltop was gone; the children had broken it slat by slat when they hid inside the desk, pulling the top over themselves.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston