trussed

Example Sentences

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"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

Two, trussed onto hooks, hung in each pot sent down to the sea bottom, where their carcasses would be picked to the bone by snow crab.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022

Shot by Mr. McDean, Ms. van Seenus is depicted wearing very little makeup, her hair is gently trussed on top of her head, and her eyebrows are bleached.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

Soon the coach was trussed like a rodeo calf and dumped with the other loot—crates of food, extra weapons, even the magical ice chest from the mess hall.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan