slough

Example Sentences

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At the same time, there is growing concern about the health and environmental consequences of microplastics — the bits of degraded plastic that slough off as the product ages, or is used, or washed.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

It probably gets into the water as bits slough off when the bottle is squeezed or gets exposed to heat.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

Varon describes her famously mercurial subject as “gloomy” and “in a funk,” struggling to “fight his way out of his slough of despond,” harboring “a fatalistic despair.”

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023

After a week or two, slough off their dried, leathery skin and pulp to reveal the beans within.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2023

There I was, padding about in a dressing-gown, making a slough of sentiment out of a commonplace hotel bedroom.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier