How to Use bits and pieces in a Sentence

bits and pieces

plural noun
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  • Meat trimmings are the bits and pieces leftover from prepared steaks and roasts.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
  • Kids Are Growing Up finds Laroi beginning to make sense of bits and pieces of it all.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Since then, chaos has reigned in the Bravoverse, and details of the affair and how it was exposed have come out in Rashomon-like bits and pieces.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • People are forced to sell off bits and pieces [of their land], to cover expenses.
    — Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Yet Costner has let bits and pieces slip in past interviews.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2023
  • For me, separating these bits and pieces in my suitcase is a must.
    — Katherine Krueger, ELLE, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But when the action dies down, we’re left with bits and pieces borrowed from other, better TV shows and movies.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 17 July 2024
  • In a provincial French kitchen, cassoulet is a kind of catchall of bits and pieces mixed with beans, but the version in the first draft was a weekend’s work.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
  • No surprise, homemade is better (and can even use up the bits and pieces of other dishes, too).
    — Becky Krystal, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There is real joy in using bits and pieces foraged from the fridge to create something new.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Wearing parts that nearly all have logos on them feels like someone else now owns bits and pieces of me.
    — Chloé Valentine Toscano, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • All of life�s bits and pieces may feel like they�re wearing you down as Mars opposes Neptune.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Google has been trying to keep such details under wraps as the trial goes on, but bits and pieces have seeped out anyway.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 13 Nov. 2023
  • A lot of them, if they can be safely removed from the top of the gas tank, are usually faded or damaged or all in bits and pieces.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Their captors would tell them bits and pieces about the war, like when the Israeli army mistakenly killed three other hostages.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
  • However, bits and pieces picked up by the right media company could work.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2024
  • On a recent chilly morning, Abraham Reyes helps the children in the Reynosa shelter recover bits and pieces of their childhoods.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The rest of her siblings appear to lead more private lives, but Ice Spice has shared bits and pieces about their bond in various interviews.
    — Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • What works best are the moments that sneak up on you: the surprising bits and pieces that define characters, and the quiet scenes without agendas.
    — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Her mind is collapsing in on itself, fashioning a dreamworld from bits and pieces.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most were reburied, with bits and pieces preserved in local museums.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Like its predecessor, this is one of those movies made to be watched again, though more in bits and pieces here than sitting through the whole thing, which perhaps best defines the gap between them.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • Only bits and pieces of Logan’s earlier life are revealed to the audience.
    — Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Those bits and pieces make up the stars, planets, asteroids, and just about every other observable object in the universe.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But while past years touted the breath and depth of the programming, this year’s upfront was more like a corporate clip show, highlighting all the bits and pieces, and betting that buyers will still bite.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
  • Some Assembly Required: Freddie Mbuya shows off bits and pieces of different drones in his workshop.
    — Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2019
  • One day prior to her latest news, Dua posted a reel of behind-the-scenes footage from her time working on the album, including bits and pieces of the upcoming music.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Filming, in bits and pieces, began after Halloween, with the majority completed in two to three weeks, Gray said.
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Allegations of plagiarism were leveled at the Wachowskis for lifting bits and pieces of The Matrix from varying sources.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
  • For the past week, bits and pieces of an enormous dragon have been lying beside a patch of wildflowers at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2023

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