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Examples of cranny in a Sentence
We saw strange, colorful creatures in the crannies of the reef while scuba diving.
We explored every cranny of the old castle.
Recent Examples of cranny from the Web
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Getting into all of those nooks and crannies would obviously generate even more crashes.
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Cars lined the side roads along I-25, filled up truck stop parking lots, and dotted the town’s nooks and crannies.
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Rainwater that settles in the tiny nooks and crannies can easily become infested with thousands of larvae. 2.
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In Japan, Uniqlo currently has 833 stores (compared to only 45 in the states)—they sprout up like Starbucks in any nook and cranny of available real estate.
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Sidney invited officer David Bonday over to scour some nooks and crannies in her unfamiliar digs shortly after her family moved in last month.
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Take a look at these sharks exploring the nooks and crannies in oceans around the world.
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Journalists see themselves — and the Left flatteringly sees them — as warriors for truth, exposing light in every dark nook and cranny of the Trump administration.
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Ever elusive, octopuses are a common sight in the nooks and crannies of the forest.
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Origin and Etymology of cranny
Middle English crany, from Middle French cren, cran notch
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