The substances started to flake. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And in the black, black silence of the country night, "the sweep of easy wind and downy flake" is deafeningly beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [Stopping by woods on a snowy evening] Reference
Recall the flake who shot up the White House with the machinegun?. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Edwards Spells Out For Wolf What's Wrong With Ann Coulter] Reference
Paul Begala calling Sarah Palin a "flake" or a lightweight really takes the cake!. From Wordnik.com. [Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job'] Reference
In short, he is the " flake " that Ronald Reagan dubbed him a quarter century ago. From Wordnik.com. [WikiLeaks and the Art of Diplomacy] Reference
If she is so smart and the best person for president, why can't she see what a "flake" Obama is?. From Wordnik.com. [Delegate update: Obama 10 delegates short] Reference
Rather than worry that people think you are a "flake," realize that some things are simply beyond your control and not your fault. From Wordnik.com. [How to Explain Two Jobs In a Year on a Resume] Reference
Shark meat known as 'flake' ish beri beri common in Ang Moh countries. From Wordnik.com. [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference
Just inside the gate was a small "flake," on which a half a dozen large codfish were drying. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
But from now on, we’re expecting her to be known as the flake from I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother Celebrity Hijack Betting Odds: Double Eviction, Emilia Out?] Reference
She flew to the "flake" and seized the largest fish there -- a huge, flat thing, nearly as big as herself. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
She flew to the "flake" and seized the largest fish there – a huge, flat thing, nearly as big as herself. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
Materials such as flake board and melamine will not be so reliable for bathrooms as they tend to react towards water. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
A 500 word flake here, a 400 word chip there. From Wordnik.com. [January 29th, 2002] Reference
I see you (unintelligible) the flake that you are. From Wordnik.com. [Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Tries Reinvention] Reference
It's like trying to break a window with a snow flake. From Wordnik.com. [From the Twin Towers to Fallujah] Reference
Favorite flake ': Perot has called Barnes the "mystery box.". From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Tales of Mr. Barnes] Reference
And as soon as your pans begin to flake, dispose of them. —. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Is cooking with nonstick pans bad for your health?] Reference
When a flake landed on her arm, she never felt it burn her skin. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.2: Alysia Morales, Sentinel of Suzaku] Reference
You want your worth of say before the flames flake the embers melt. From Wordnik.com. [Rhyme and Reason Volume Two] Reference
She is accused of being a flake and of making some crazy statements. From Wordnik.com. [In Delaware, now it’s a real witch hunt] Reference
Faces of parrots must be whitened with dry "flake white" applied with. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The decals of obscure oil companies were starting to scuff and flake off. From Wordnik.com. [Matchbox Car] Reference
After that Fleetfoot took great pains to learn how to flake flint points. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
He helped him flake heads for harpoons and javelins and make strong shafts. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
Bald as a raisin, happy as a flake, he moves the merchandise for General Mills. From Wordnik.com. [He Can Pitch, Too] Reference
When a painting was scanned into a client's computer, the gouache would flake off. From Wordnik.com. [Throw Out The Brushes] Reference
Lake and flake white, shaded with carmine; bistre and vermilion shaded with black. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
But Boris Yeltsin -- populist, iconoclast, fantasist -- is not just a Communist flake. From Wordnik.com. [Yeltsin's Challenge] Reference
Dave dashed a filmy, flake-like substance resembling sawdust from eyes, ears and mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
When he was scraping a bone with a flint scraper he happened to press off a flint flake. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
Bone and flake, Boil or steam potatoes until tender, mash with remaining milk and season. From Wordnik.com. [What's Cooking: Updating An Old Favorite] Reference
If fresh is used, fillet it and cut into small pieces; if cooked, flake up into small pieces. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life, and when she came back she was nobody's wife. From Wordnik.com. [Leonard Cohen: Zen And The Art Of Songwriting] Reference
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