The gold here is of fairly uniform sized thin flakes.

The thinner flakes cook up quickly, in 5 to 10 minutes.

Rolled into even thinner flakes, these will turn to a sticky mush in 1 to 2 minutes.

Staples picked at the cement with a pocket knife; thin flakes fell.

Its bark peels in thin red and grey flakes.

I can remove those long thin flakes, now.

It is known for its crumbliness and thin flakes.

Snow was falling in thin flakes: it was very cold, and there were few people about.

He reached up to it, and at his touch thin flakes of ice fell off her like scales.

The first snow was falling, small, thin flakes that swirled in the wind and vanished before they hit the ground.