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
A: Thanks for the advice on using a nit comb.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
“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
Thou liest, thou thread, thou thimble, Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail, Thou flea, thou nit, thou winter cricket thou; Braved in my own house by a skein of thread!
From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich)
