- present participle of dissect.
dissecting
Example Sentences
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“You labor in a torture-chamber and dissecting room, I make my observations under the blue sky.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
As she approached the momentous milestone, Saar appeared more interested in creating new art than in dissecting her legacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Her latest single, Praying Mantis, which released this week, has once again made her a talking point, with fans dissecting the dark, hypnotic track online.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
But investors were already dissecting the summations of the talks issued by the two countries afterward.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
He concentrated, instead, on studying barnacles, writing papers on geology, dissecting sea animals, and tending to his family.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
