kernel

Example Sentences

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The company’s approach is to form cement into tiny balls, each about the size of a kernel of corn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Malhees said in his post that the restriction “hurts” but offered his followers and supporters a kernel of truth: “You can block a passport. You cannot block a voice.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Is there any kernel of truth to anything she’s saying?

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Call it a kernel of hope to hold onto as we turn the page.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

The hair on her arms shone glossily, as if she had used too much palm kernel oil.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie