Flaws
[flɔ:z]
Examples
- It was good logic, good, earthly, feminine logic, and if it satisfied her I certainly could pick no flaws in it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- White specks and bubbles are common flaws, which vary in size and which may be best illustrated by looking at a pane of glass in your window. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was no end to her valuation of it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Inherent flaws can be perfectly understood by imagining a pond of water frozen solidly to its center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The brilliancy of the diamond hides these flaws when the diamond is clean, but when clouded with soap and dust these cavities fill up and show plainly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Of all these things I could have told the peculiarities, numbered the flaws or cracks, like any _clairvoyante_. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Surface flaws consist of nicks or cavities in the face of the stone either above or below the girdle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A method of testing a magnet to ascertain the existence of flaws in the iron or steel composing the same. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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