flayed

Example Sentences

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One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

A convent girl with a creepy streak, Elizabeth sees beauty in biology, leaning over a corpse’s flayed back to appreciate the intricacy of its ventricles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

“It’s very human to not want to have yourself sort of flayed open for the world to see.”

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2024

Instead, the body language slumped more and more after every wide, no-ball and boundary that was flayed from their inconsistent bowling.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023

This very grief that had twisted her into a curve on the floor and flayed her would be gone.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison