How to Use flesh in a Sentence

flesh

1 of 2 noun
  • Cooks will chop flesh in the kitchen.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Slice the pale rind away from the red flesh.
    — Laura McLively, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Next, squeeze lemon or lime juice over the flesh.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Alive though dead in the flesh, turned to ash.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
  • As the tar was peeled away, flesh came off in strips.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Cut off the ends and slice them open to scoop out the flesh.
    — Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The back of her head was pressed into flesh.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The heat of the ground had fused parts of his shoes to his flesh.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And there is still not much flesh on the bones of its trade deal.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Then, scoop out the flesh with a spoon, says Morales.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 28 May 2026
  • Cut the fruit in half and remove the flesh and seeds.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The flesh was juicy, and the skin crisped slightly.
    — April Benshosan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Large pieces of skin and flesh were carved out and missing.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Slice it in half and scoop out the flesh with a spoon for an easy snack.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 14 June 2026
  • Start with ripe fruit, and cut the flesh into slices or cubes.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Avoid salmon that looks dull, smells strong, feels mushy, or shows gaps in the flesh.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 June 2026
  • Avoid salmon that looks dull, smells strong, feels mushy, or shows gaps in the flesh.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But the case, like so many others, fell by the flesh of the spud.
    — Ali Watkins, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The edges were golden and crisp, the flesh melt-in-your-mouth soft.
    — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Does the gourd look big enough to provide enough flesh and seeds to be worth it?
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The skin ripens to bright yellow with green stripes, and the flesh has a pink hue.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
  • When almost dry, roll loosely with flesh side out.
    — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Cut flesh into ½-inch cubes and transfer to a large bowl.
    — C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And preserve the flesh in motor oil.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But the skin, flesh and zest also can be used in cooking.
    — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Their bodies turned to swollen masses of blue flesh.
    — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Alfie is flesh and feathers; her heart pumps blood red as ours.
    — Carl Safina, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
  • What’s that little, wet piece of flesh doing in your mouth?
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
  • In the tropics, the bugs will feast on human flesh year-round.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026

flesh

2 of 2 verb
  • Each gives him new ways to flesh out his character through the season.
    — Karen Idelson, Variety, 17 June 2022
  • But only Kehlani with her un-maudlin yearning could’ve fleshed it out.
    — Alfred Soto, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • So was the show’s failure last season to flesh out the lives of its Black players.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2021
  • The concerto gave me a chance to really flesh out some of the inner melodies.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • But that is an anecdotal assessment and will require more time to flesh out.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • But real-world data will be needed to confirm and flesh out those lab findings.
    — al, 24 Dec. 2021
  • And to be able to flesh out these characters, and to have humanity.
    — Anhar Karim, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • One way is to flesh out the indirect evidence of market share.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 29 June 2021
  • To be able to explore those different colors of a person’s life and to flesh those out was so fun.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This has since been fleshed out to Chicago and Singapore, which is home to six of the eight suites.
    — Chadner Navarro, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Each proposal receives $3 million to flesh out their concept over the next year.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 13 Feb. 2020
  • That is obviously something that would need a second season to flesh out.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Drones equipped with radar and laser scanners can help flesh out a three-dimensional map of the location.
    — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2020
  • But if Bride of Frankenstein introduced this idea, others would have to flesh it out.
    — Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
  • But recent discoveries are now helping to flesh out the story.
    — Riley Black, National Geographic, 11 Sep. 2020
  • To add new depth to its characters, flesh out more of the world, and raise the stakes in a way that feels grand and epic without being silly.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 2 Mar. 2022
  • In 2020, Freese pushed Casale to flesh out their jam into a complete song.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2021
  • Some rumors suggested that Marvel wanted to flesh out the story and add more cameos.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 25 Jan. 2022
  • But the series came back strong for its third season, fleshing out the story in some fresh, fascinating ways.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 June 2020
  • There have been attempts to nudge Rosaline out of the margins, to flesh a person out of a ghostly image.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2022
  • And Google continues to flesh out the product with so many other features today.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 23 Mar. 2022
  • In the time off taken to flesh out that onscreen relationship, the pandemic hit.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • From there, Tankian would write lyrics, while Odadjian and Dolmayan would flesh out the rhythm section.
    — Jeremy Gordon, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2021
  • When sending an email, people should generally take more time to flesh it out, Leonardi adds.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Over the course of 2017, Trump would flesh out these instincts in a series of set-piece speeches.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The current schedule calls for the plan to be fleshed out while the environmental report is being done.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 8 Dec. 2019
  • What was your innovation process as an inventor to flesh out your ideas for the Oasis device?
    — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • Equally important, however, is the ability to know which items to flesh out and which are trivial.
    — Michael Magras, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • Which is why the scientists used the Maldives to flesh out their theory of atoll formation.
    — Alexandra Witze, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
  • By sketching her initial ideas, Dugan is able to flesh out what makes more sense as a one-off design, and therefore should become a painting.
    — Megan Embrey, House Beautiful, 26 Jan. 2021

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