dismembered
Example Sentences
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And so, like the dismembered Black Knight in that iconic fight scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” they comically cling to their mortally wounded impeachment scheme, proclaiming, “‘Tis but a scratch!”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024
It was Coyolxauhqui, carefully portrayed in stone as the dismembered lunar goddess who lost a battle against her brother, the Sun.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023
You can use your favorite chocolate bar or chocolate chips, though I would applaud your resourcefulness if you dismembered a chocolate bunny or two in service of your baking.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2022
In Turkey, Kemal Ataturk had built a modern European secular republic - a Turkish nation-state - after the multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire had been defeated and dismembered in 1918.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2022
This latter way of assembling the parts presents the advantage of allowing them to be dismembered readily.
