flesh out
Example Sentences
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They flesh out the narrative just slightly enough not to feel entirely superfluous.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
The meeting will cap off a week of negotiations between U.S. officials and their Asian counterparts as they try to flesh out preliminary trade pacts struck in recent months.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
Few photos exist of his father in his 30s, meaning that he must have had to supply his own image to flesh out the memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
European leaders will be trying to push Trump to flesh out what US security guarantees for Ukraine could look like.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
Ma’am, I wonder if you could help me flesh out the story some.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
