husks
Example Sentences
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“Ewwww, there are bugs,” said student Cassie Scott, when she spotted earwigs in the husks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The burned husks of thousands of homes have been flattened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
Other forms of Metarhizium are already commonly cultivated around the world on cheap materials like chicken droppings, rice husks and wheat scraps that are readily available after harvest.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
It hints at the trend of hedge fund managers buying local publications to drain them until they’re husks of their former selves.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
More than their mother, really, who had shucked them off like corn husks to follow her craziness.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
