husk

Example Sentences

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Chief Justice John Roberts called that 90-year-old precedent, known as Humphrey’s Executor, a “dried husk,” suggesting that it has little relevance today.

From The Wall Street Journal

Blanck pointed out the window, to the burned husk of a Berkshire Hathaway office, asking: “Your office was over there, wasn’t it?”

From Los Angeles Times

"A white dwarf is the leftover husk of a star that has finished fusing its hydrogen," said Burgasser.

From Science Daily

Gasa husked a coconut and used hand gestures to convey his idea.

From Literature

To make the resulting flour safe and digestible for humans, the outer husks and certain phenolic compounds must first be removed.

From Science Daily