flesh and blood

Example Sentences

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Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?

From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026

Dude No. 1 will always be Brady, a sixth-round pick now immortalized outside Gillette Stadium with a behemoth bronze statue that’s probably only a tick slower in the 40 than the flesh and blood original.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 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

Behind the headlines and beyond the numbers, flesh and blood people are cut off from basic necessities, including food, clean water, and medical care.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025

You’re my flesh and blood, my beating heart.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler