dissect
verb (used with object)
to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
was dissecting
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past progressiveof dissect.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As Levine was dissecting the painting, an associate professor of Spanish historical linguistics at Utrecht University named Dorien Nieuwenhuijsen was researching her family tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
And, according to Blackstone, one of the most fascinating aspects of creating the series was dissecting the evolution of that power, and how it's changed as culture has developed.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2021
My parents were educated in the Turkish system and went straight from high school to medical school; my mom, who had skipped a grade, was dissecting corpses at age seventeen.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 16, 2017
Guru of the Long Snap AUBURN, Mass. — Chris Rubio was dissecting the art of long snapping for the benefit of 23 teenagers and their parents on an unseasonably cool morning last month.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2013
"I thought I'd start at two," said the young man who was dissecting with Philip.
From Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
