How To Use Flaky In A Sentence
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The Scottish foursome sound nicely chilled where they used to be, for better or worse, just plain flaky.
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He plays a flaky tourist visiting Europe.
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The central character of the play is a flaky neurotic.
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Among the entrées, the dosai is a large crêpe wrapped into a cone shape; lift the crêpe and there is a piece of sea bass done to flaky perfection with a swirl of light chutney.
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Then the inevitable and auspicious slice of baklava, flaky and honeyed, which brings to mind ancient pleasures, Biblical decadence.
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We refuse to settle for just being a nutty professor, a flaky musician, a straight-laced suit, or a thuggish musclehead, Thad barked like a rebel warrior.
Sin in Soul's Kitchen
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Now there were filets of flaky white stuff drowned in a red sauce.
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Dip a cotton bud into a lip balm, then twizzle it along your lips to get rid of flaky bits.
Times, Sunday Times
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Q. My fingernails have become dry and flaky.
The Sun
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This morning, I went to the local bakery to buy fartons (a local pastry, sort of a long thin flaky croissant-like thing with frosting on top, meant to be dunked in horchata) but they only had one left.
Breakfast in Bed
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Venture capitalists are taking lots of heat for making some big bets on some pretty flaky ideas.
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Mature plants, which often grow wider than they grow tall, develop a good framework of stems with flaky fawn bark.
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The water-buffalo meat, or beef, should be of a flaky sort, with some fat; brisket is the best cut of beef to choose.
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I was trapped with my flaky mother in a too-small car loaded with all of our worldly possessions, driving to a forsaken destination.
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That happy stability has enabled a young man who was rather flaky to establish a series of records that is monumental.
Times, Sunday Times
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And there's Bill Lee, a.k.a. "Spaceman," an iconoclastic cult hero to college-age Boston fans in the late '70s, a quintessentially flaky southpaw who once boasted of sprinkling marijuana on his breakfast cereal -- before the buttoned-down Red Sox brass exiled him to the Montreal Expos, in whose uniform he is (sadly) pictured in the card collection.
FOUND: Lots and lots of baseball cards
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The skin can become dry and flaky too and may be worse first thing in the morning.
The Sun
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I stay with my friend Allan, a flaky architect I had briefly been infatuated with in 1983.
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This delicious and easy to make strudel recipe features eggplants and Gjetost cheese wrapped in flaky pastry - great for a family dinner.
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IN a decidedly flaky year for new music, please welcome this breathtaking patchwork quilt of songs.
The Sun
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If only the same could be said for the so-called sopaipillas, which turn out to be triangular, cinnamon-sugared cake doughnuts - very average ones - instead of flaky balloons of fried dough.
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A painter friend who lived in Greece for awhile said he thought the calcimining done each spring in villages probably had very little binder and seemed flaky as he remembered.
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Blanketing a heartwarming stew with a flaky brown crust is a great idea.
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It envelopes all within its toasty flaky crust.
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First give them a good scrub with a wire brush to get rid of any flaky bits.
The Sun
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“As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen,” he says, recounting his bouts with writer's block, depression, dry flaky skin and existential torment.
With Arthur Rimbaud at the Chamber of Commerce Lunch
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Too much of everything - stress, sun, late nights and unhealthy food - takes its toll on your skin, making it look pasty, dull or flaky.
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Owing to protecting flaky graphite in choosing technical process, we have much difficulty with graphite grinding.
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HOWARD: He was, as President Reagan would have said, he was flaky, that is to say he was very intelligent, not nearly so intelligent as he thought he was.
The First World War
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Be sure to consider the daily specials listed on a blackboard delivered to your table, such as crisped soft-shell crab with tomato-basil sauce or flaky, breaded walleye.
JSOnline.com
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First give them a good scrub with a wire brush to get rid of any flaky bits.
The Sun
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When we see him doing weird and bizarre things - like tossing furniture from upstairs windows - it's natural to assume he's beyond eccentric and into the seriously flaky.
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But until you see it and hold it, it's merely a concept, a flaky idea, something that may happen.
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The pan-fried dumplings are akin to egg rolls with a puffy, flaky dough, again with shrimp stuffed inside.
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The desserts - a tall ice-cream sundae, wedges of cheesecake, Key-lime pie, and fat, flaky strudel - are all good enough, provided you have the room.
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This will be my second attempt to make flaky pastry.
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Light, flaky pastries made of tissue-thin dough with fruit and nut fillings.
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Q. My fingernails have become dry and flaky.
The Sun
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The meat from these fish is white, flaky, and sweet, but bony.
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Resubmission of this complaint, no matter in what form, will not render these flaky allegations any more credible.
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That happy stability has enabled a young man who was rather flaky to establish a series of records that is monumental.
Times, Sunday Times
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As pent-up Paul is forced to work with flaky, fun-loving Becky to cover up evidence of their supposed indiscretion, and avoid her violent cop ex-boyfriend, he realizes who his true love is.
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Is your skin very dry, flaky etc.?
The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
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Carefully check, too, for any rashes or flaky skin on the scalp - which could signify anything from scalp ringworm to dermatitis.
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Ringworm of the scalp may start as a small sore that resembles a pimple before becoming patchy, flaky, or scaly.
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Dry patches, irritation and flaky skin are signs your complexion is feeling the pressure.
The Sun
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The free network connection is a little flaky, with the signal fading in and out.
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Dry skin can look leathery, dry and flaky, and will lose the elasticity it needs to stay firm and young-looking.
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A poached pear tart with tall flaky crust was very good, as was a lemon curd with mandarine orange sections.
One For The Table: Milo & Olive
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Korean rice is said to be ‘moist and stuck together’ while Chinese rice is ‘separated and flaky.’
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Macadamia-crusted hapu (also known as hapu ` upu ` u, or grouper) was flaky and buttery, with a thick later of nut coating.
Phoenix New Times | Complete Issue
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If you have a blemish or flaky skin then foundation will go on a bit smoother than with a brush.
Times, Sunday Times
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May 19, 2009 at 8:44 AM the rice trick worked for me twice with the same phone. first time after it was in the washing machine for 15 minutes. worked perfectly after 4 days of ricing it. then i dropped it in a lake and riced it. it worked perfect for about a month then the screen became flaky.
Use Cat Litter To Save Your Doused Phone | Lifehacker Australia
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This still leaves me with dry, flaky skin at the side of my nose.
Times, Sunday Times
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This froggy gooeyness didn't quite mesh with the flaky crust, and the caramel seemed more salty than sweet.
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It is here, on top of a thin layer of flaky ocher-colored rock, known as schist, that the vine is at its most unexpected.
A Nation Passing On the Port
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Their bark is red and flaky, like yew bark.
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IN a decidedly flaky year for new music, please welcome this breathtaking patchwork quilt of songs.
The Sun
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It was fortunate that the flaky software was a general update because it's likely that fewer people were affected by problems than might be the case with a patch.
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A favorite dessert is baklava (flaky pastry dough with nuts soaked in sweet syrup).
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My fabrick matchtid teh sodalite n teh snowflaky obsidian.
Ur daiz…dey is numbrd - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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It has hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, walnuts… all held together in a flaky, buttery crust.
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The other day, this old man in a terrible nerdy anorak and flaky skin came to our school.
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That happy stability has enabled a young man who was rather flaky to establish a series of records that is monumental.
Times, Sunday Times
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Some of the fish should be firm-fleshed and gelatinous like halibut, eel, and winter flounder, and some tender and flaky like hake, baby cod, small pollock, and lemon sole.
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Chicken pot pie ($14), true to its billing, had an intriguing, simultaneously flaky and tender crust (I prefer mine on the thinner, flakier side) atop moist chicken chunks, diced parsnips, carrots, and mushrooms swimming in a velvety, rich Supreme sauce.
After Midnight « PubliCola
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The pastry was light and flaky, and the insides were pleasant enough, if a little lacking in spice.
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Another is psoriasis, a common inflammatory skin condition that causes the skin to become itchy and flaky, resembling bad dandruff.
The Sun
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They lusted after his recipes, and most especially, whole baked apples wrapped in flaky pie crusts.
Wildfires and old men: the legacy of US immigrants in Talpa
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The battered haddock and chips were as golden as a childhood summer, crunchy on the outside and moist and flaky within.
Times, Sunday Times
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Just do something to get rid of that flaky skin around your nose and brows.
Times, Sunday Times
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He carefully tucked a linen serviette under his chin to catch any falling bits of flaky pastry.
Exit the Actress
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The skin can become dry and flaky too and may be worse first thing in the morning.
The Sun
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I get a new fuse to replace the flaky one tomorrow.
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Sprinkle, as you go, with generous pinches of flaky sea salt and vigorous twists of freshly ground black pepper.
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Yes it is a tad flaky but it's also classic Hollywood high-concept cuteness.
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Khasta" actually means "flaky", so this is essentially a flat disc-shaped kachori which is filled with a delicious moong dal mixture, then deep fried, and later stufed with potatoes, sev, onions and chutneys.
Archive 2008-06-01
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For the uninitiated, chicken paillard is strips of thin, marinated, char-grilled chicken, and it had a great accompaniment in the mash, which was nicely pepped up by some fine, flaky black pudding.
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Flaky morphology of magnetic alloy particle material can raise its natural resonance frequency because of strong shape anisotropy, which is advantageous to acquiring high microwave permeability .
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There's flaky skin around my nose.
The Sun
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Modern Banbury cakes are small and oval, made of light flaky pastry with a crisp top achieved by a powdering of sugar before baking.
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There are two main schools of thought with tarte au citron – ordinary sweet shortcrust pastry, which is flaky and crumbly, or pâte sucrée, which is much fancier, and thus difficult to make, thanks to the high fat content, but which gives a more delicate, crisp result.
How to cook perfect tarte au citron
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Imagine it now, biting into golden, flaky pastry giving on to a soft filling of crab mixed with pea purée and swirls of mayonnaise.
Times, Sunday Times
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flaky soap
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The pastry was delicately flaky, rich and buttery but not overwhelmingly so, and the frangipane was soft, flavorful and simply marvellous.
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With her flaky skin, bad teeth and straggly hair, she's almost unrecognisable.
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Her skin turned red and flaky.
Times, Sunday Times
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Light, fluffy, buttery, flaky: these biscuits melt in your mouth and stay there in your dreams.
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Secondly, it means that devices using these schemes will be just plain flaky.
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About 10 per cent of the population carry a single defective copy, and have dry and flaky skin.
Times, Sunday Times
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To fight flaky skin, try a wash that contains fruit acids instead.
The Sun
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Although the man is accused by some conservatives in Brazil of being flaky, in person it is his wisdom and humility that shine out.
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It causes grey or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath.
The Sun
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The software is too flaky, and employees keep breaking the screens.
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To treat flaky patches, mix a blob of olive oil with brown sugar and rub over lips.
The Sun
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If you have a blemish or flaky skin then foundation will go on a bit smoother than with a brush.
Times, Sunday Times
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Don't forget to try those mouth watering, flaky, pastry sausage rolls.
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The main drawback is its slightly flaky in-game camera feature, which does not always let you see the action from the best angles.
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She has a strong physical presence, and her supporting cast of flaky models and dodgy men is conjured up with elegant economy.
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About 10 per cent of the population carry a single defective copy, and have dry and flaky skin.
Times, Sunday Times
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The refrigeration is important to enhance the flaky texture of the crust.
Archive 2008-07-01
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Tonight there's flaky pastry pesto chicken, nduja vongole (spicy meat and clam spaghetti) and watermelon granita.
The Sun
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Her skin turned red and flaky.
Times, Sunday Times
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Unfortunately the interface for copying music from my computer to the device was rubbish, the drivers and firmware were flaky, and I could never get it to run properly under Windows 2000.
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Watching England writhing horribly against West Indies in Chennai this week was a strangely familiar experience, partly because it represented just another flaky layer in the crazed mille-feuille of the current World Cup campaign, and partly because I was simultaneously watching archive footage of England writhing horribly against West Indies 30 years ago to the day during the Barbados Test of 1981.
My Beef with England: if only we had an Ian Botham now | Barney Ronay
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Ordinary soaps and cheap facial preparations are alkaline and in some people can lead to dry, flaky skin.
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When some of the water is removed from the grenadier, its flesh becomes firm, and the meat flaky, says Crapo.
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My second attempt at making flaky pastry was a bit more successful.
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Yet minced and sautéed and gingered, then rolled into flaky phyllo pastry with threadlike rice noodles, these variety meats make a surprisingly gentle and appealing appetizer called a Moroccan Delicacy Pie.
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The croissants are flaky and buttery (I think they're the best I've tried in Calgary) and the almond croissants are unbelievably decadent.
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The zizyphus fruit grows to the size of a plum, has the crisp texture of an apple when fresh, and dried looks not unlike a date… but tastes appley, sweeter, less flaky… so they can be picked and eaten fresh, or left on the tree until dried.
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Dolphins have extremely soft, flaky skin which they shed every two hours.
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What I call flaky pastry is made in exactly the same way as sweet pastry pâte brisée and pâte sucrée.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK
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To treat flaky patches, mix a blob of olive oil with brown sugar and rub over lips.
The Sun
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At the very best, he is unreliable; at worst, he is flaky and irrational.
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Used daily it gently removes flaky winter skin leaving you looking glowing.
The Sun
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The tightly bound tournedos of salmon adorned with candied lime was inedible - none of the flaky, moist delicateness that the fish is all about.
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Is your skin very dry, flaky etc.?
The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
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On my plate was some melon, sweet and fragrant, and a star-shaped pastry so light and flaky, I hardly dared pick it up.
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The haddock is the best choice for fish and chips as it is thick, flaky and tastes good.
The Herald-Mail Online
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Used daily it gently removes flaky winter skin leaving you looking glowing.
The Sun
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Nevertheless, in I978 on Wall Street it was flaky to think that home mortgages could be big business.
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To me they were too soggy. i am no expert and nothing close to being Jamaican and the closest to having “authentic” Jamaican beef patties is at another Jamaican cart on 71st and York by the Hospital and their patties had a more flaky rather than soggy casing.
The Jamaican Dutchy… a Midtown Cart on Island Time | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
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In auricular diagnosis one can identify subtle problems of the body by detecting areas of the ear which are discoloured, flaky, or have tenderness or high skin conductance.
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Some entrees are lackluster: the best were roast chicken ($22), meatloaf ($19), and a grilled lamb sirloin ($24); best desserts, a rare stone fruit crisp that really is crisp ($8), and a Dutch-inspired dessert called banket, a lush combination of almond paste and flaky pastry ($8).
NYT > Home Page
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Your shins may be extremely dry and flaky.
The Sun
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It is made by frying croissant dough, then laminating the mixture to make it extra flaky.
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Nothing worked, least of all the pressure on the general, who seemed to become ever more flaky as the crisis developed.
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Its sweet, delicate, flaky flesh makes this fish a prize catch.
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What It All Means: The Seminoles can no longer be called flaky; they're just not that good.
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Conversely, from the point of view of a tied-down molecular biologist, this is all airy-fairy, flaky stuff.
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Dry patches, irritation and flaky skin are signs your complexion is feeling the pressure.
The Sun
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Psoriasis usually appears as red or inflamed patches of skin which are covered in a silver or white scale (i.e. flaky skin).
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The tortellini of crab and langoustine I started with were large and succulent, with the shellfish inside chopped to a moist, flaky consistency.
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With one million employed in the wider financial services industry, that could mean anything up to 100,000 people are dishonest and flaky.
Times, Sunday Times
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a short flaky pie crust
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The porgy is a fine fish with firm and flaky flesh.
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It also uses butter, but no cream cheese, and so ends up with a more flaky, thin shortbready type cookie.
Hamantaschen | smitten kitchen
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She gleefully portrays the dual roles of Rose's flaky adoptive mother Claire and Rose's native godmother Maddie.
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I seem to remember seeing an expert say that a paper trail could compensate for flaky machines, and that there are ways to make the machines significantly hack-proof.
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My son became addicted in the hotel to sumptuous baklava of flaky pastry, honey and nuts.
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New ideas, even rather flaky ones, were treated hospitably.
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There were but two filo triangles, which made sharing among three a bit tricky, but the bay scallops immured within the flaky pastry were so big you could split one between two people and neither would feel too cheated.
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One thing led to another, and now I’m the administrator of a flaky effort called Mandy Green Project, largely aimed at helping make "mondegreen" a household word.
Mondegreens
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Just do something to get rid of that flaky skin around your nose and brows.
Times, Sunday Times
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A lone cello holds a plaintive note under acoustic strumming as Rouse intones in a delicate, flaky voice: ‘It's a great world.’
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A bed of flaky pastry spread with a sharp raspberry confiture and a thick custard was crowned with little pink-iced creme-filled choux pastries.
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Those countries where the public is deemed to be flaky get the full treatment.
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An even stronger rope can be fashioned from a dried plant called dogbane, once the stick-like stalks have been crushed and the flaky covering removed.
Primitive Instincts: Where modern man can learn to live like his ancestors
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BEAT flaky skin and raw paw with some old-fashioned skin cream.
The Sun
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As central heating and the resulting dry air take their toll, combat dry, flaky skin by swapping your daily face cream for a super-rich moisturiser.
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He quickly snatched the last few flaky crumbs of an apple turnover as the plate was whisked away.
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Soap tightens the skin, leaving you more prone to cuts and, post-shaving, flaky legs.
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The beet, apple and Oka salad was served in a light, flaky filo cup.
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‘At the very best, he is unreliable; at worst, he is flaky and irrational’.
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Psoriasis, a skin condition characterised by flaky, crusty patches topped with silvery scales, is most often found on the knees, elbows and scalp, areas that are difficult to hide when temperatures rise.
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The haddock was perfectly flaky and moist, lightly topped with bread crumbs, and served over sauteed spinach and sage mashed potatoes.
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The crystals are so flaky you never have to worry about it being a hard crunch when you bite down.
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Then use the file included with the kit to get rid of any flaky skin.
The Sun
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Since the early 19th century, the term shortening has been used to mean fats or oils that “shorten” a dough, or weaken its structure and thus make the final product more tender or flaky.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
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Perhaps flaky software with little protection against hackers was okay when personal computers were a hobby thing - but today they're the backbone of virtually every business and government on the planet.
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The central part of this dish is tilapia, a fresh water fish with white flesh and a flaky texture.
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The central part of this dish is tilapia, a fresh water fish with white flesh and a flaky texture.
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Then use the file included with the kit to get rid of any flaky skin.
The Sun
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It's worthwhile to consider the consequences of even the most flaky ideas, although the chance of any of them actually panning out in the long run is not very high.
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Mature plants, which often grow wider than they grow tall, develop a good framework of stems with flaky fawn bark.
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It causes grey or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath.
The Sun
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The flesh was moist and flaky, and the skin had a bit of a charcoal taste to it.
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The toothfish isn't much to look at, it has a wide head, eyes that look like car headlamps and a mouth full of pointy teeth, but its white flaky flesh make it a popular item on the menus of upscale restaurants.
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Brown contact lenses create the glassy, belligerent stare; prosthetics conjure the flaky skin.
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The fish was dry, flaky.
Times, Sunday Times
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Carefully check, too, for any rashes or flaky skin on the scalp - which could signify anything from scalp ringworm to dermatitis.
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May 19, 2009 at 8: 44 AM the rice trick worked for me twice with the same phone. first time after it was in the washing machine for 15 minutes. worked perfectly after 4 days of ricing it. then i dropped it in a lake and riced it. it worked perfect for about a month then the screen became flaky.
Use Cat Litter To Save Your Doused Phone | Lifehacker Australia
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IN a decidedly flaky year for new music, please welcome this breathtaking patchwork quilt of songs.
The Sun
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That happy stability has enabled a young man who was rather flaky to establish a series of records that is monumental.
Times, Sunday Times
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Aloe Vera helps in reducing redness, flaky skin and inflammation if applied daily.
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My flaky judgments were modest by comparison-but numerous enough to keep me hopeful of regaining the dunce cap this year.
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Seborrheic dermatitis usually causes the skin to look a little greasy, and scaly or flaky.
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The fish was dry, flaky.
Times, Sunday Times
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Without moisturizer, your skin may become dry and flaky and possibly even painful, red, itchy and sore.
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It is, indeed, a true milk peptone -- that is, milk already partly digested, the coagulation of the coagulable portion being loose and flaky, and not of that firm indigestible nature which is the result of the action of the gastric juice upon cow's sweet milk.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home
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Similar to a croissant, the dough is laminated with a butter insert to make layers of flaky goodness.
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This delicious strudel recipe features acorn squash chunks and Asiago cheese wrapped in flaky pastry -great for a quick family dinner.
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Just do something to get rid of that flaky skin around your nose and brows.
Times, Sunday Times
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This still leaves me with dry, flaky skin at the side of my nose.
Times, Sunday Times
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Yeah, my clues were gaining 40lbs in a few months, my hair fell out in an scary baldish patch near my forehead (hard to miss) my skin was dry and flaky (ew) and I became depressed, like clinically depressed.
I have a corset, red panties & pose threat to population...also have a GP and the H word (maybe).
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When the flaky skin loosens, it leaves the telltale "dandruff" flakes.
Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
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The songs are simply wholesome and innocently jolly, which perfectly match America's number-one flaky housewife.
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An even stronger rope can be fashioned from a dried plant called dogbane, once the stick-like stalks have been crushed and the flaky covering removed.
Primitive Instincts: Where modern man can learn to live like his ancestors
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• The File interface, which adds better file-handling features to browsers, for example letting people upload a video in separate pieces called blobs so a 500-megabyte file transfer won't be derailed by a flaky network.
The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors
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They're like these eggy, flaky, tube-shaped tea cookies, and they make more crumbs than any other cookie on the planet.
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You will need a web persona - something flaky and amusing.
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Once griddle-baked, these parathas were flaky and delicious, a nice change from the usual plain paratha that I make.
Archive 2007-11-01
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Another is psoriasis, a common inflammatory skin condition that causes the skin to become itchy and flaky, resembling bad dandruff.
The Sun
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BEAT flaky skin and raw paw with some old-fashioned skin cream.
The Sun
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Consider, for instance, the iterative geometric process of creating flaky pastry dough.
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Just do something to get rid of that flaky skin around your nose and brows.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is a funny light and flaky snow this morning that reminds me of feathers - easy to dust off, but whimsical - I'll call it ‘boa snow’.
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However, the stuff about her short career at Microsoft as a proxy for her being flaky is unwarranted.
Sound Politics: "From a former Darcy Burner classmate"
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My arguments are flaky, and I'm a selfish hippy living in a dreamworld.
