flaking
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Flaking paint and specks of white plaster revealed the “skeleton” was actually a carefully constructed plaster cast—and that it was of no crocodile.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2022
Flaking out on strangers is perhaps the ultimate social faux pas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2016
Flaking can be a symptom of forgetfulness, halfhearted commitment or a difficulty with saying “no.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2016
Flaking a bite onto his fork, John McQuaid took in the sight of the whole rockfish before him, its eyeballs, fins and tail visible beneath a chili-dotted red curry sauce.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2015
Not pale, but whiter than the snow one sees Flaking a hillside through the windless air.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
