Example Sentences

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If you are peeling and deveining the shrimp, put the skewers in water to soak before you start, and they should be ready for use by the time you’ve prepped and seasoned the shrimp.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022

They are peeling parsnips, driving tractors, fighting with spreadsheets, kneading dough, teaching other women how to chiffonade, and dreaming up change as I write these words.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2021

“You are peeling off layers that have been imposed.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

While women have been drag kings for decades – women performing as men – female queens are a new-ish addition to the scene, who are peeling away layers of gender identity.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2017

Even though Uncle Tim gave us the station wagon a long time ago and it is so old the fake wood side panels are peeling off, Apa treats it like we bought it yesterday.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na