Example Sentences

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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

The first day I visited, a research associate named Diana Sanchez was dissecting mouse embryos the size of pinto beans.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2015

At various times during the week, Jaws was dissecting how Tebow skipped a few passes, kept picking up his back foot too much, and held the ball too long in the pocket.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2012

If he wasn’t tearing Annie’s Sunday boots, it was because he was dissecting the footstool; footstool failing, it was the cat.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon