dismembered

Example Sentences

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“There he tinkered with dismembered clocks and toasters, and the pathos of dismantled gears, springs and wires infected him with a tenderness for mechanisms that spill their guts for all the world to see.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

A dark cloud hangs over the whole enterprise, with the perils of the sea and forbidden love illustrated by long, discordant drones and dismembered sounds.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

No toes or feet were dismembered in the celebration.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

“It started very early,” he said, producing as evidence a faded, dismembered copy of the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights that he received as a teenager in school and still carries in his wallet.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

The materiel of the dismembered coats was rolled up in as small a compass as possible, wrapped in papers, and carried one afternoon by Isabella and Helen.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza