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

Some days were clean, and then some days he was scabby and flaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

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

If you have itching, flaking, rashes in the scalp, Krueger says that may be a sign you may need to wash more frequently.

From National Geographic • Aug. 22, 2023

A coating had to be developed, therefore, which in itself was fireproof, to put over the Beta cloth to prevent it from flaking off.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins