Sentence examples for split and cracked from inspiring English sources

Out here, in the low hills west of Austin, the ground under my boots is split and cracked, the creek below the house bone-white and dry.

"Badger Bill" Whyte stumbled into business in an effort to solve his own problem: Whyte, then a carpenter, found that his fingers were split and cracked from the harsh New Hampshire winters, and he started playing around with beeswax and olive oil to soften them up.

Like many successful entrepreneurs, Bill "Badger Bill" Whyte stumbled into business in an effort to solve his own problem: Whyte, then a carpenter, found that his fingers were split and cracked from the harsh New Hampshire winters, and he started playing around with beeswax and olive oil to soften them up.

Mukoyoshi explained to Ray that the cypress (hinoki in Japanese) would be good for four hundred years, after which it would split and crack for another two hundred before entering its final, four-hundred-year decline.

Filing wet nails will leave you with jagged, rough nails when they dry, and may also cause your nails to split and crack.

The reason for this is that many pearl cutlery joins use water-based glue and the glue will weaken in the water, causing it to split and crack.

Splitting and cracking of the door seal are fairly obvious faults to recognise.

The ground splits and cracks into fissures as enigmatic as oracle bones.

Cases do not only provide protection from impact during travel; they protect against dust, light (which can dull the instrument's finish), and moisture (which can cause the wood components to either split and crack or prematurely rot).

Porous or cracked rocks could split and shatter from the extreme heat changes.

Another headliner was the poached lobster cocktail: a whole, cold, pristine beauty, split, cracked and escorted by a zingy cocktail sauce.