husk

Example Sentences

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Tears are hard to summon for a man whose soul and spirit have long since departed, leaving behind just the husk of a human being.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Baker’s Indigenous and German heritage inform her three large abstract collage hangings, created using synthetic turf animated by acrylic paint, yarn and a variety of natural materials, including corn husk, willow, buffalo hide and buckskin.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Now they are a husk of what they were - and this decline set in long before Nancy arrived and long before St Mirren humbled them at Hampden.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

But it will continue leading the court toward becoming, to quote Chief Justice John Roberts’ dismissive description of the key precedent in this case, “a dried husk of whatever people used to think it was.”

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025

And if we weren’t doing all that, we were filling candle molds with beeswax and washing mason jars till my hands turned stiff as corn husk from detergent.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd