flake

Example Sentences

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Its steel surface—unlike a coating that can flake off—is hardened through a process called nitriding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Any while we’re on the subject of flavor, level up your loved one’s spice game with Flatiron Pepper Co.’s chili flake blends.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

All three of these modes are the most common ways in which conventional composites can internally flake and crumble.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

He said digs at the site have turned up about 70 items ranging from flake stones to a rare example of an early ground stone.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini