nit

Example Sentences

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But the Surge’s bylaws are clear that no nit be left unpicked, and so we have to quibble with his framing.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2026

But in a standout performance, that was perhaps the only nit one could pick.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2022

Thairo Estrada nit a double that scored Davis with one out and preceded Bart’s two-run double.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

The nit he chose to pick was the number 4, which Vick had rendered as IV.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2021

The sign of both the perfects in this tongue is the syllable nit, and niy means “to die.”

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison