How to Use bits and pieces in a Sentence

bits and pieces

plural noun
  • There’s so many bits and pieces.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
  • There are a few other little bits and pieces.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
  • My memories are just bits and pieces.
    — Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There were many bits and pieces, and my partner used his own tool kit to get the job done.
    — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And then there are other bits and pieces around it, in the town and in the church and stuff.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Riley sees bits and pieces of how the quarterback’s come a long way.
    — Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • There’s bits and pieces of my early music that are all over this album.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Meat trimmings are the bits and pieces leftover from prepared steaks and roasts.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
  • The top of the car was severely bent, and bits and pieces from the front of the car were in the road.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Williams knew, in bits and pieces, that Thomas was struggling with seizures in his final months.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
  • For me, separating these bits and pieces in my suitcase is a must.
    — Katherine Krueger, ELLE, 20 Apr. 2023
  • His life has come to the reader in bits and pieces, a collage, or, like his poems, a cut up.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • People are forced to sell off bits and pieces [of their land], to cover expenses.
    — Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There’s bits and pieces that are more degraded than other sections.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • There is real joy in using bits and pieces foraged from the fridge to create something new.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 30 Aug. 2023
  • However, bits and pieces picked up by the right media company could work.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2024
  • This two-piece sweatsuit features bits and pieces of matching animal print on the pants and shirt.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 29 Oct. 2024
  • These characters knew bits and pieces of their family lore but had to fill in a lot of gaps for themselves.
    — Aram Mrjoian june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
  • 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
  • Most were reburied, with bits and pieces preserved in local museums.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 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
  • Former colleagues were able to share bits and pieces of their lives and interests outside the courtroom.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Flashbacks mix in bits and pieces of documentary footage, glimpsing a few highlights of her life.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Her mind is collapsing in on itself, fashioning a dreamworld from bits and pieces.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Even so, Eisner allowed the boy to contribute bits and pieces to the studio's comics.
    — Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The Midwest isn't a common hot spot for hurricanes, getting bits and pieces of them from time to time.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But its second beta caught some off guard with big changes to class modes and various other bits and pieces that weren’t quite adding up.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • All of life�s bits and pieces may feel like they�re wearing you down as Mars opposes Neptune.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • All the little bits and pieces eventually add up to sending the boulder, or the end result.
    — Outside Online, 17 May 2025

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