in the flesh
Example Sentences
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Mastick and her team opened 178 cans and carefully dissected the preserved fish, counting tiny parasitic worms known as anisakids embedded in the flesh.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
We encounter Elizabeth Lane first not in the flesh, but on the page.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
“Lines of Resolution” contains several works among its total of about 60 that are worth seeing in the flesh and not merely onscreen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
It was an uncanny experience: Literal scores of people who had previously been disembodied online avatars or voices on the phone were now conjured before me in the flesh, like a resting-pulse sequel to Jumanji.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2025
You're the first strange woman I've spoken to, in the flesh, in three years.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
