skinning
Example Sentences
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Recurring themes are everywhere - Daizen Maeda skinning James Tavernier, Kyogo Furuhashi outfoxing Rangers defenders at one end and Cameron Carter-Vickers bringing authority at the other.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024
The vegan son of a butcher, this Dick Turpin, like the prince in “Holy Grail” who just wants to sing, is more interested in doing something big and creative than in skinning rabbits.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024
That suggests use as a trophy or lion-skin rug, rather than a simple byproduct of skinning the animal for food.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023
Unlike his older brother, Greyson isn’t interested in duck hunting or deer skinning; his passions tend toward Kate Middleton’s wardrobe choices and becoming a fashion designer.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022
Alyce asked the kitchen maid skinning a pig in the manor yard, the laundress boiling great kettles of goose fat for soap, the carpenters fashioning a coffin for Old Ned, who had died that morning.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
