peeling
noun
the act of a person or thing that peels.
unpeeling
-
a word derived from
peeling.
Example Sentences
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“It’s like unpeeling the layers of an onion getting to know this guy,” Reilly said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
"My life has been a process of unpeeling the layers and trust and trusting again."
From Fox News ● Nov. 5, 2021
In a laboratory at Bath University, he pulls off his prosthetic, unpeeling three layers of socks and the silicone liner he wears to keep the prosthetic from rubbing.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2019
To Janice Hayes-Williams, a historian and columnist who specializes in African American Annapolis, the finding represents a crucial unpeeling of the onion layers of history.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2018
We watch the gradual unpeeling with an absorbed interest, wondering how far it will go.
From Round the Wonderful World by A. S. (Archibald Stevenson) Forrest
