dismembered
Example Sentences
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And so, like the dismembered Black Knight in that iconic fight scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” they comically cling to their mortally wounded impeachment scheme, proclaiming, “‘Tis but a scratch!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
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
“It started very early,” he said, producing as evidence a faded, dismembered copy of the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights that he received as a teenager in school and still carries in his wallet.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
The carcase of one of the springbuck had been dismembered and divided by lot among the faithful six.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
