peel

Example Sentences

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As this strain is released, the layers peel apart and curl into tight scrolls.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

With each essay, I peel off the layer of idle ease that is the A.I. generation and see what remains: only hints of a life, of a story, of a human.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The AI disruption onion continued to peel away on Wednesday as real-estate services companies became the next to get knocked.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

She would peel back my eyelids and look at my eyeballs, peer down in my ears, and punch around on me with her fingers.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls