Use "nicking" in a sentence

1. You can scarify seeds by nicking them with nail clippers or a sharp knife, Abrading them with sandpaper or simply soaking them

2. In fact, the presence of topo I appears to slightly protect against Anthocyan(id)in‐induced DNA nicking at least at low Anthocyan(id)in concentrations but only at the 10X level of topo I, although the effects are not statistically significant ( Fig

3. A practice then prevailed of blasting without nicking the side of the place which still continues and of conducting the current of air too far by means of Brattice, to both of which practices I raised a strong objection.They admitted their inability to make the men nick the coal as they formerly did and thought the application of Brattice could not be properly defined, but that it should be