Sentence examples for a nick from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a nick" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a small cut or wound, or to refer to a small amount, such as a nick in time or a nick in money. For example, "He got a nick on his arm when he fell while playing basketball." Or, "I'm running a bit behind, but I can make up the nick in time."

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To check when a nick was last identified with NickServ, use /msg NickServ info Nick.

Scarcely a nick.

That wasn't a nick.

He had a nick on his chin, from shaving.

I reckon there might have been a nick there too.

It was in line and he didn't get a nick.

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The nicks weren't carrying so well and it didn't feel like a nick-off wicket.

It was a Nick-less, swishy-ness and drunk Alicia-filled episode.

The other kits use a nick-translation reaction.

BAC DNA was digoxigenin-labeled using a nick-translation kit with digoxigenin-11dUTP or biotin16-dUTP (Roche Diagnostics).

This is because a nick-directed excision would have destroyed the sequence to which the P-labeled probe anneals.

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