The little kernel of mystery in each tale is just sufficient to intrigue the reader without bewildering him.

A little kernel of relief bloomed in Kirk, a sense of gaining control again after all this chaos.

Scattered here and there among the stems hung little kernels of darkness, clots of black like reversed stars.

The little kernel of pleasure excised, yes.

Until now, as his patent application stated, the only "successful defense to this hazard" was to eat around the tough little kernels that refused to pop.

There was some little kernel of hope at the middle of that feeling.

You were made, some internal to external commands, so as to facilitate a little kernel of DS.

The crop got its name from the Dutch boek-weit, meaning beech wheat, because the little kernels resemble beechnuts.

Her nipples were two aching little kernels.

A little kernel of corn, stained red with dried blood, fell out.