Sentence examples for a nick above from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a nick above" is not correct in standard English; the correct expression is "a notch above." You can use it to indicate that something is of higher quality or superior to something else.

Example: "Her performance in the competition was a notch above the rest, earning her the first place trophy."
Alternatives: "a step above" or "superior to".

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He had a nick above the left eye, swelling beneath it and a nosebleed.

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Though Taylor Swift, above left, won four Grammy Awards on Sunday night, including one for album of the year for "Fearless," she was also roundly criticized for her uneven performances at the awards ceremony, including her out-of-tune duet with Stevie Nicks, above right, on the Fleetwood Mac song "Rhiannon".

With lunch approaching, England gained their first success when Rutherford, flashing outside off stump, edged Finn from the toe end of his bat high to Cook at first slip, who held a good catch above his head, a nick that might well have carried for six had it not been taken.

Scarcely a nick.

That wasn't a nick.

Seven, slur a fix, eleven a nick.

He had a nick on his chin, from shaving.

It was just a nick from Chuck Berry riffs.

It takes a nick and trickles wide of goal.

Just a nick.

Maulbetsch insisted there wasn't a nick on the pitcher.

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