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

There is no kernel of truth here: The claims of wrongdoing are fabricated from top to bottom.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

Many of his claims have a kernel of truth to them.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2026

A central kernel of the premise of “After the Hunt” is that you never know what someone is going through.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

“Val sent her to plead for Mance again,” Jon lied, and they talked for a while of Mance and Stannis and Melisandre of Asshai, until the raven ate the last com kernel and screamed, “Blood.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin