a piece

Example Sentences

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She held a stave of the Clavie - a piece of charred wood from the annual Burghead fire ritual - which is meant to bring good luck.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

"For me, we're in such a rural community area here in Crymych, to justify charging your elderly people, your local people so much for a piece of cod is just absolutely ridiculous."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The menu drawings started as a way for him to turn his meals into a piece of art that celebrated L.A. dining culture.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The unusually early jockeying shows just how intensely investors want a piece of the company before it goes public.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

She put it on a piece of stroked-smooth driftwood in front of her mother’s picture and, since it was nearly sunset now anyway, turned on the laptop.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr