proud flesh

Example Sentences

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Tyrion touched his face, plucking at the proud flesh with blunt thick fingers.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

After he lost her, he went back to her; but the wound of her frailty cankered and took on proud flesh in him, and tortured him to nervous breakdown and to madness.

From The Man Shakespeare by Harris, Frank

Burnt powdered alum is often used to destroy "proud flesh."

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

They are employed either in the form of a fine powder, or mixed with an equal quantity of the acetate of lead in order to destroy proud flesh or stimulate old ulcers.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

And if proud flesh appeared, the wound would still heal if it were opened and dressed with powder-post.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by Patten, William