dissect

Example Sentences

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Back at the pub, a huddle of players dissect where the tactical battles were won and lost, before the women's Tyne-Wear derby kicks off on the big screen.

From BBC

The authorities are often hostile or indifferent to the victims — dissecting their personal lives to find culpability in their own murders.

From Washington Post

Guterl does successfully explain and dissect how racial prejudice flows within and around the family and how this engulfing tide cannot be stemmed by good intentions, nor by fierce and protective familial love.

From New York Times

He didn’t just practice music, he analyzed it, dissecting every move idols like Daddy Yankee and Jay-Z made, and seeing how he could apply them to his own life.

From New York Times

He pursued a doctorate but dropped out because he “couldn’t dissect a sentence,” he later said.

From Washington Post