grain
Example Sentences
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In contrast, David renders with trompe l’oeil precision the wood grain of the cheap crate that Marat was using as a table beside his tub.
The sparks form when countless tiny dust grains collide and rub against one another.
From Science Daily
These materials are made of many tiny crystal grains packed together, and repeated charging and discharging can cause them to fracture.
From Science Daily
Spoon it over a comforting bulk grain — pasta, rice, polenta, beans — top it with a single egg, and it will set you right almost every time.
From Salon
Just like a grain market flooded with supply after a bumper crop, the price of the dollar would fall against the local currency—until, perhaps, a balance in trade was restored and the flood ebbed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
