dissecting

Example Sentences

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It was akin to all those hours I spent online once upon a time, dissecting clues down to their bones.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

By gently pulling apart the fillets with forceps and using a dissecting microscope, the team was able to count them accurately.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

“My mother loved dissecting politics through Chinese astrology,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

She whet his palate with detailed reports dissecting the southern Italian dialect spoken by his grandmother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

But considering the choice had become dissecting a frog or hanging out with Mikayla and Janie, I chose the less vile option.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller