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

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

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023

A teenage boy is with them, his arm encased in a crude, homemade splint, trussed together with string.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2017

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

My father has eaten everything on his plate and is digging for more stuffing in the cavity of the turkey, which resembles a trussed, headless baby.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood