tine

Example Sentences

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Another tine on the French fork is the urban agriculture project to educate Parisian schoolchildren and their families about food — where it comes from and what it takes to bring it to their plates.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

Differences in the concentrations of an odorant sensed by each tine of a snake’s forked tongue help the snake home in on quarry it can’t see.

From Science Magazine • May 24, 2023

Ersson, a 23-year-old Swede, allowed five goals on 22 shots before Hart, who leads tine NHL in shots faced this season, replaced him.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022

When bubbles puffed up to the surface and the edges turned golden, I flipped them with the tine of a fork.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2021

He handed the broken tine to his conqueror with a gracious bow.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin