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
The students plastered Dean Martinez’s classroom last week with flyers saying that the protesters were exercising their First Amendment right to engage in “counter-speech,” an argument flayed by Judge Duncan.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023
The rope—the rope to which Jonathan had been tied—remained tied to his ankle and flayed about like a writhing snake.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
