slit

Example Sentences

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Doctors did not expect Roy Daines to live past childhood after being born with a heart problem and a slit in his left lung.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

However, when observed, they acted like particles passing through one slit or the other.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Female cicadas make long slits in twigs, laying 20 eggs in each slit, up to 600 eggs in total.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024

Soft corduroy trousers fell into slit hemlines that flop over thick-soled sneakers.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

A stiff plastic square—white border, black center—unspooled from the slit along the camera’s front.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles