onion skin

Example Sentences

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Johnson certainly delights in creating puzzling distractions, but even if his film is as deep as a layer of onion skin, it is immensely engaging.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022

But imperial Russia’s conquest of the region in the 19th century introduced methods of mass production, and artificial dyes supplanted those made with pomegranate husks, onion skin and acacia flowers.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

I save a lot of stuff; every bone from a chicken or cow or whatever gets saved in the freezer, also with every end of a carrot or onion skin, it all goes into broth.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019

"You think you know him and then you peel off another ring of the onion skin and there's something else extraordinary underneath," she said.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2019

The skin on her hands and arms seemed powdery-dry, like tracing paper, onion skin.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston