Example Sentences
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The firm was flayed in 2018 by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington, D.C., for engaging in what he labeled a “high-tech shakedown ... smacking of extortion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett flayed some wayward India bowling at a rate of more than five an over in their stand of 166, taking a huge chunk out of the tourists' 358.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
“It’s very human to not want to have yourself sort of flayed open for the world to see.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
Lore answered, “The stag will be flayed and the carcass divided up, and then we’ll head back to camp.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
