flaking

Example Sentences

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Qubein, the newly appointed president, took a tour with his two college-age daughters and saw rust flaking off an old shower head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Looking after dry skin every day with one—or all—of these natural remedies can alleviate uncomfortable itching and flaking all year long.

From National Geographic • Feb. 7, 2024

However, they believe that theory ignores other evidence from Carlos's video - the aggressiveness of the flaking, the shape of the fins and the size of the shark.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

The family lives “seven in a two-bedroom in a fourth-floor walk-up with leaking pipes, flaking paint, inconsistent heat, quarrelsome neighbors, and a landlord who remembered them only when the rent was due.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

I keep walking, snapping a few pictures of a madrone tree with its papery orange bark flaking away from the trunk, the new skin underneath yellow-green and satiny smooth.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio