How to Use bits and pieces in a Sentence

bits and pieces

plural noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This two-piece sweatsuit features bits and pieces of matching animal print on the pants and shirt.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 29 Oct. 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
• 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
• 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
• Even through the proceedings, only a limited view of bits and pieces of the agreements was made available.
  — Jim McGregor, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
• 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
• There’s bits and pieces that are more degraded than other sections.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 26 Nov. 2024
• However, bits and pieces picked up by the right media company could work.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2024
• Flashbacks mix in bits and pieces of documentary footage, glimpsing a few highlights of her life.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
• Parts of the old Soviet Mir space station are here somewhere, as are bits and pieces of more than 250 other spacecraft and their payloads.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 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

Last Updated: 15 Mar 2025