Sentence examples for the nick from inspiring English sources

"the nick" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to refer to a small cut or indentation on an object or surface. Example: The table had a small nick on the edge from where it had been bumped.

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the nick

noun

A small cut in a surface. A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.

  • In the nick of time

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The Nick DiMaria Group, jazz.

Just in the nick of time!

(Spoiler: her BFFs rescue her in the nick of time).

"Being in the nick brought detachment to my writing.

The best thing about time is the nick of it.

"I tried writing before I went into the nick.

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