interstice
Example Sentences
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Dark in truck except for crack of light and fresh air coming through small interstice between back doors.”
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2013
Alejandra therefore sits at the exact interstice of prohibition and possibility.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2013
Little boys, holding three or four onions in their hands, creep between the people, wriggling their way through every interstice, and asking for custom in whining tones, as if seeking charity.
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles
For many hours before her capture she had been compressed into an interstice behind a fireplace, and by the time she was drawn forth into the light she had been ominously scorched.
From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph
The box was nicely mortised against another previously deposited, and as there remained an interstice between it and that at its feet, an infant's coffin made the space complete.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred
Vocabulary lists containing interstice
Ender's Game
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The Time Machine
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Dracula
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