trussed

Example Sentences

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It’s a childish performance that is trussed up as an important meditation on the Declaration.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

"He's not used to being all trussed up like that, you see."

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Don't cut your carrot on the board you just trussed the chicken on either.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023

I felt like a trussed turkey as the time came to give the rope that tethered me to the oak a pull.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2017

Jason ran on, his hands in his pockets fell down and lay there like a trussed fowl until Versh set him up.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner