How to Use nugget in a Sentence

nugget

noun
  • But the core nugget was my love for the '80s movies like Buck.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The golden nugget that’ll take you and yours out of the rat race.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
  • One more nugget: The score was 74-74 to start the fourth quarter.
    — Brian Stensaas, Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
  • But there were a lot of nuggets fans might have missed.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But there is a nugget of good news ... in the minor leagues.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2019
  • So the good ice, the pellet ice, the GE Profile Opal nugget ice?
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Nov. 2023
  • So that's 56 nuggets for a hungry crowd at the same price.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
  • Chicken nuggets from the drive-through on the way home from the mountains.
    — Krista Diamond, Longreads, 30 May 2024
  • The video ends with her hand-feeding Mollie the nuggets.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • With that in mind, there are a few nuggets that might be certain.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But fans who opt for the nuggets can get a special hot sauce with a nod to the beloved video game.
    — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • And each one has its little nuggets of fun that come with it.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • And then sometimes those gold nuggets would rain down on me.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
  • And then sometimes those gold nuggets would rain down on me.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
  • There are nuggets of wisdom about the topics or your sources in all of them.
    — Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Here, tofu does not need to be pressed—the liquid keeps the nuggets tender and juicy.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Yet even with nuggets, the chain is living a little más.
    — Nathan Bomey, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
  • And the breakfast snack looks like tiny golden nuggets.
    — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The core nugget of The Holiday Sitter came from two things.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • But the issue nugget isn't the only cause for concern for McAuliffe in this poll.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Little nuggets that come seemingly out of nowhere to give you the warm and fuzzys?
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2019
  • That’s how Mollie became a Chick-fil-A nugget fan, too.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The other big nugget to sort of come out of this episode is Althea finding those CRM drop site maps.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 May 2021
  • Patting the tofu dry, rather than fully wringing the block, keeps the inside of the nuggets moist.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Throughout the last year, the Lord had been giving me little nuggets to plug into the songs.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Along the way there are some nuggets of instruction, most of them about crime and crime-solving.
    — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • There's a new menu item coming to Taco Bell this week – chicken nuggets.
    — Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Eventually the nugget was set free, and the woman was able to breathe again.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Today, a plaster cast of Shinn’s nugget is held in a safe at Reed Gold Mine, now a state historic site.
    — Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Coaches and consultants waste hours working on their social media content, looking for nuggets of wisdom to share.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

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