husks

Example Sentences

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To make the resulting flour safe and digestible for humans, the outer husks and certain phenolic compounds must first be removed.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

The CO2 that emerges into the air is sucked away and then concentrated using charred coconut husks ready to be stored.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

Their view is of the fire debris next door: The husks of a washing machine and dryer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

Controversial newsmakers—Monica Lewinsky, Tonya Harding, Lorena Bobbitt among them—had the term pinioned to them like a scarlet letter, stripping away their accomplishments and leaving only scorned husks of their real selves.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

All around us, as far as my eyes could see, were the burned-out silver and white husks of former homes and vehicles.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken