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

The 69th annual Miss Navajo Nation Pageant began on a Monday just before 7 a.m. with three young women in long colorful dresses and aprons standing over a trio of trussed, bleating sheep.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2021

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

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2017

“They will be taking her down the gangplank on a stretcher tomorrow, trussed up like a parcel.”

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck