flay
verb (used with object)
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
have flayed
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present perfectof flay.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the old days, he would have flayed any minister daring to call for Bennite state investment to halt the sorry neglect of manufacturing.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2010
Had these Armours lived three or four more years, President Roosevelt would have flayed them personally.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its radio speakers have flayed U. S. participation in European affairs, have clamored for increased national defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Overwork must have flayed him to abnormal sensitiveness; it was one of the few times in his life when he had queried his eternal excellence; and he perceived the summer night, smelled the wet grass.
From Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
"After the way The Patriot and Mr. Marrineal himself have flayed the ring?" exclaimed Io.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
