How to Use piece in a Sentence

piece

1 of 2 noun
  • I watched her rip the letter to pieces and throw it away.
  • We're missing one piece of the puzzle.
  • Her broken bicycle lay in pieces by the side of the road.
  • You have a piece of lettuce stuck between your teeth.
  • Divide the pie into six equal pieces.
  • I took apart the engine piece by piece and put it back together again.
  • The cheese was cut into small pieces and arranged on a silver platter.
  • There are 12 pieces in this stainless steel knife set.
  • All of the essence of a piece of fruit is just waiting to be opened up and enjoyed.
    Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman, 4 July 2017
  • When the body fell out, the masses descended, trying to tear pieces of the shroud to keep as holy relics.
    Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 7 June 2017
  • Pausing for effect, Falcone pulled out a blank piece of paper and a pen, to hand to the leader.
    Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg.com, 15 June 2017
  • The breezy two-story space is ideal for an IPA or three and a game of Sorry! (even if some pieces are missing).
    Los Angeles Magazine, 20 June 2017
  • Add the Polish sausage, kept in one piece, and simmer 30 minutes longer, adding more liquid if needed and salt to taste.
    Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 16 June 2017
  • The officer immediately writes down both names on a piece of paper, hands it to her, and wishes her a good day.
    Paula Rogo, Essence.com, 13 July 2017
  • This summer, sunglasses get flat, glitter sparkles brighter than ever and the twin thing takes over with matching two-piece outfits.
    Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017
  • It is described by Blue Bell as ice cream with blackberry flavor combined with pie crust pieces and a blackberry sauce swirl.
    AL.com, 3 July 2017
  • When a key piece of software was upgraded last week, the information feeds that update our apps on Android broke.
    The Kansas City Star, kansascity.com, 16 June 2017
  • Many of these pieces are placed in gold settings, which add an element of glamour to an otherwise rustic design.
    Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 28 June 2017
  • For Zuckerberg, making a play for video is ultimately one piece of a larger strategic vision: giving users a reason to log in to Facebook and to stay on the site.
    Maya Kosoff, The Hive, 26 June 2017
  • Like much else in the country, which is still emerging from decades of isolation under military rule, the Circle Line is a functioning, if fading, piece of the past.
    Photographs and Text By Adam Dean, New York Times, 12 June 2017
  • The Stonewall Inn has recently been designated a national landmark, and commemorative t-shirts and tank tops hang above the bar for $20 a piece.
    Spenser Mestel, Longreads, 27 June 2017
  • That said, as the iceberg ages and potentially moves to warmer waters while breaking into smaller pieces, the aftermath of this split could wreak havoc on ships traveling near South America.
    Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 12 July 2017
  • The liquidation began Thursday morning and will continue until every last piece is sold.
    Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 6 July 2017
  • Now, scientists must invent ways to preserve the most tenuous of materials, rather than simply restoring pieces to their original—or most authentic—luster.
    Jacoba Urist, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
  • This is an almost indecipherably incompetent piece of writing.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 June 2017
  • I watched her rip the letter to pieces and throw it away.
  • We're missing one piece of the puzzle.
  • Her broken bicycle lay in pieces by the side of the road.
  • You have a piece of lettuce stuck between your teeth.
  • Divide the pie into six equal pieces.
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piece

2 of 2 verb
  • The Greens tried to piece together what seemed to be the last day of Dominic’s life.
    Kiera Feldmanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • No matter the size, just don’t forget to give your new chess pieces a soak in the sink every once in a while.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
  • And from there, anyone can sort of piece it together as to what this is.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2022
  • Anyway, the ladies piece together that Jen got a tip-off call.
    Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Reisbeck went to the scene and tried to piece together what happened.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Over the course of several decades, researchers have pieced together what makes up the rest of the mass.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, someone first has to piece the whole thing together.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 24 May 2022
  • Joe Noteboom looks perfectly ready to step in at tackle, and the Rams should be able to piece together the rest of the line.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Preller has yet to piece together a winning record in any of his seven full-season laps with the Padres.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Acting coach Scott Brooks has tried to piece things together.
    oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Dip okra pieces: Preheat air fryer to 400°F for 3 minutes.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 June 2023
  • But details were only made public and pieced together in the past three weeks.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In this video, a group of law enforcement officers tries to piece together how events in the church played out.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Then trying to piece the puzzle together of like, Oh, the grandson.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
  • But in many ways, bringing back Ertz, 31, seems like the most importance piece the franchise has been able to retain.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The Whale is a tender ode to the frailty of human connection and the innate drive to want still to piece those broken parts of you back together.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Against all odds, Tanya managed to piece the plot together in the finale and overcome her captors just in time.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 5 June 2023
  • But, as far as some of us can piece together, there has been a debate among top-level leaders.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2022
  • But all of them are marked by the narrator’s stubborn quest to piece together his story.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Bud got to circling, working out of the shell and dodging each hefty attempt from David’s while piecing him up inside.
    Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Plates and bowls of varying colors pieced from different sets?
    Alex Milmeyster, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • From everything the detectives could piece together in the first days, no one at the party had meant to buy fentanyl.
    Steven Rich, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The family is still trying to piece together the tragic chain of events, Shirley Yorro said.
    Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Now, scientists are starting to piece together a series of clues to find the answer.
    Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
  • There are forensic pathologists who delve beneath the skin to seek the means of death, and still others who then help piece the body back together again.
    Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • As Thompson and his colleagues are trying to piece the story together, Trump and his helpers are trying to tear it up.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2022
  • So in the months after the eruption, Yeo and her fellow researchers set out to fish clues from the surrounding waters and piece them back together.
    Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Detectives have been in touch with employees of Jeffery Pub to try to piece together a timeline of events.
    Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Plus, their merch is so cute that the girls were spotted a number of times opting to wear their tees over the custom designer pieces their superstar stylists pulled.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the best workout sets are the easiest solution to acing gym style from the start (because who wants to be scrambling in the dark to try to piece together a look at 5 AM?).
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2022

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