flesh
Example Sentences
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It attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies, which lay their eggs on rotting animal carcasses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
Hachadourian says some blooms smell like dog feces and others like rotting flesh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
They spray confetti into the audience to punctuate their biggest songs, and add an honorary fifth member, Ryan Malcolm, to flesh out their sound with swells of keyboard and additional rhythm guitar.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Perhaps he’ll flesh out his views a bit more, but don’t count on a major reveal.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
So Nathan was silenced, for he saw they were men and had made their decisions, but how could I let them go, who were my own flesh and blood, without a fight?
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing flesh
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 3
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I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
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