peeling

The peeling facades, faded signs and cavernous auditoriums of such cinemas are remnants of a time when going to the movies was itself the main event.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The black fabric tape covering the handle is worn and peeling.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Residents have long complained about a proliferation of high-powered cars racing down the city’s major thoroughfares, peeling out and doing doughnuts, and drivers revving their engines into the early-morning hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Portions of the new liner then began peeling away, prompting repairs and eventually the vandalism investigation.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

The building was ringed by a rickety porch—sagging rockers, peeling paint.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Oft-reviled white chocolate may have found an appropriate use sprinkled on top, but my pie was loaded with far too many large shreds and peelings, such that many bites morphed into unpleasant waxiness, then oiliness.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2023

Mr. Bottura has teamed up with chefs from his restaurants to produce four video lessons with tips for using items like vegetable peelings for a sauce and bread crusts to make a caramel cake.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021

I add them to the coffee grounds, potato and carrot peelings, onion and avocado skins, asparagus stubs, the papery bits of garlic, eggshells and dead flowers, and let the worms do the rest.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2020

Last year, the amount was down to 135kg but most of it was banana and other fruit peelings as well as tissues.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2019

Mrs. Nurmi was out in the yard by an old wood stove which she still used for boiling the vegetable dyes for her weaving, or peelings and scraps for the hens.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford