dismembered

Example Sentences

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“If the President’s House is left dismembered throughout this dispute, so too is the history it recounts, and the City’s relationship to that history,” Rufe wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

A dark cloud hangs over the whole enterprise, with the perils of the sea and forbidden love illustrated by long, discordant drones and dismembered sounds.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

No toes or feet were dismembered in the celebration.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

You can use your favorite chocolate bar or chocolate chips, though I would applaud your resourcefulness if you dismembered a chocolate bunny or two in service of your baking.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2022

They did not wish the nation to betray itself; they did not wish the nation to be dismembered; they did not wish the country any longer to serve the foreigner.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe