flay

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Recent Examples of flay Grammy winner Williams flays the mysterious character, and opens the show with her powerful vocals. Dave Quinn, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 The radical potential of the scene has mostly evaporated, flattened and flayed into vague signifiers. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024 Some of the homes were shoved off their concrete footings, while others had their roofs flayed off by the wind. Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024 Among the dead was Hugh de Cressingham, the king’s treasurer, whose corpse was reportedly flayed to make a sheath for Wallace’s sword. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flay
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Verb
  • Omari Hardwick scolded an interviewer who misquoted him in a seeming attempt to stir up drama between the actor and Power producer 50 Cent.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • On Wednesday, the couple jokingly addressed the awkward interview in which Hilaria scolded Alec for interrupting her during a red carpet moment that has since gone viral.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The roof of a former factory in the process of being converted into a self-storage facility in Steger was peeled away during the storm, Steger Fire Chief Michael Long said.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice water and peel them once they are cooled.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Vance, who lectures U.S. allies about how to run their affairs, reminds us of every rich guy from suburban Pittsburgh who visits the Amalfi Coast in the summer, drives up the pedestrianized streets, and then complains that the pasta is too chewy and there’s no AC in his 15th-century villa.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Obama himself had to lecture black men testily about the need to turn out for Harris, suggesting their reluctance was due to sexism, but Biden’s numbers with this demographic were worse.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The controversy is intensifying, with U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts having now publicly reprimanded the president after a social media post in which Trump called for the impeachment of Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C. — the ...
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
  • At the time, the House of Representatives, with the Democrats holding the majority, voted to reprimand Wilson, who later issued an apology to Obama.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Flay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flay. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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