shavings

Example Sentences

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Our classroom smelled faintly of pencil shavings and cafeteria biscuits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

An audit by the FAA also confirmed that metal shavings were present beneath the floors of a number of aircraft.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

But the inspectors discovered what appeared to be metal shavings on drugmaking equipment, and records that showed vials of medication that were “blackish” from contamination had been sent to the United States.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

A dank, earthy odor hung in the air, as if mounds of fresh pencil shavings had been scattered over a newly excavated farm plot.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

Here’s a rolled rug, its hollow filled with what smell like wood shavings: mice.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr