peel

Example Sentences

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As this strain is released, the layers peel apart and curl into tight scrolls.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

With each essay, I peel off the layer of idle ease that is the A.I. generation and see what remains: only hints of a life, of a story, of a human.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

“We have the ability to peel back the curtain,” he added.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 21, 2026

And I picked up an orange peel and knew that no matter what we did, the ravens would be there, would always be there, at least one step ahead of us.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen