vivisection

Example Sentences

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Dahl’s wit may be mostly used for emotional vivisection, but it still glitters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse aims for nothing less than a full vivisection of French society in “Bloody Oranges,” a daring social satire that proceeds from the premise that his homeland may be incurably ill.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2022

She rejected vaccination and vivisection and moved toward spiritualism.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2021

This is the gift “I Know This Much Is True” offers, a lengthy, lyrical vivisection of intertwined lives made of epic woe.

From Salon • May 10, 2020

Men sneered at vivisection, and yet look at its results to-day!

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker