crack to
Example Sentences
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"My experience has made me painfully aware that there is so much talent in these communities - you just need to open the door a crack" to give people a chance, he said.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
The windows are covered, without even a crack to peep through; the sidewalk box-office window is closed tight, but still boasts a sticker advertising Cinerama gift cards.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023
As we traveled north, I noticed that the box had holes in it and that the boy kept nervously opening the lid a crack to check on whatever was inside.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2022
Utah has tipped the balance, restoring some discretion to parents, and reopening the door, just a crack, to the marketplace of ideas on parenting practices.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2018
He did not see how so many flies, more than a hundred fat greenish flies, could have come in through that crack to buzz together in a dense turbulent cluster.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
