How to Use piece in a Sentence

piece

verb
Definition of piecenext
Synonyms for piecenext
  • 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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