anatomization

Example Sentences

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The anatomization of beauty — wanting Beyoncé’s eyes or Angelina Jolie’s lips — was well underway.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

Anna Deavere Smith’s 1992 anatomization of the Crown Heights riots ends its run.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2019

But it’s well worth seeing, both for its merciless anatomization of the country’s post-Ceausescu social order and for Gheorghiu’s stupendous central performance as a mother so monstrous she makes Medea look like a pushover.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2014

Inevitably, these events constitute the shaping trauma of his life, and The Assault becomes for the most part a subtle anatomization of the curious manner in which Anton deals with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

At that period, the difficulty of getting a subject for anatomization was very great, and all sorts of schemes had to be put into requisition to accomplish so desirable, and, indeed, absolutely necessary a purpose.

From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett