flesh and blood
Example Sentences
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A machine may be allocated a wide range of quotidian writing tasks, but let flesh and blood hold fast the art of writing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
To its credit, “Kissinger” quotes flesh and blood humans recounting some of the horrors Nixon and Kissinger’s policies visited on other nations, such as Cambodia and Bangladesh.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
Often, it's the first time a medical student works with real flesh and blood - an experience that can't be replicated from a textbook.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025
He was the man who had trained me, who had treated me as if I were his own flesh and blood.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
