Example Sentences

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They have disembowelled the great lovers of antiquity till Cleopatra serves to adorn a prudish tale and Lancelot to point a moral.

From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Reason and science have disembowelled it, have removed its heart and its brain.

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)