flesh and blood
Example Sentences
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“Because it is flesh and blood and what is more important than life.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Dude No. 1 will always be Brady, a sixth-round pick now immortalized outside Gillette Stadium with a behemoth bronze statue that’s probably only a tick slower in the 40 than the flesh and blood original.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Often, it's the first time a medical student works with real flesh and blood - an experience that can't be replicated from a textbook.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
Behind the headlines and beyond the numbers, flesh and blood people are cut off from basic necessities, including food, clean water, and medical care.
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025
He’s my own flesh and blood, but he sure does look funny when he goes out.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
