flesh
Example Sentences
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Mastick and her team opened 178 cans and carefully dissected the preserved fish, counting tiny parasitic worms known as anisakids embedded in the flesh.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Across all the faces and flesh in “Propriedad Privada,” a mesmerizing and messy humanity surfaces.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
"It's been like he has been getting his pound of flesh from the players because he knows he is leaving anyway," said one source.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Trump says he will flesh out his housing affordability plan this coming week in a speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which strikes some as a curious choice of venue.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
I saw the grey, drawn flesh and the hooded eyes, deep sunken in their sockets, and I made to turn away but she held me.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing flesh
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 3
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I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
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