skin

Example Sentences

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Once infected, the flea spreads the disease to humans when flea feces is rubbed into cuts or scrapes on the skin or the eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

AFP journalists saw devotees deliberately puncturing their skin with glass shards attached to a small wooden paddle to ensure their bleeding during the ritual, a way to atone for sins and seek miracles from God.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Under the skin of America’s humanoid robots, there’s Chinese technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The humpback is also thought to have been suffering from a skin condition brought on by the lower salt levels of the Baltic Sea.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

And all those, I don’t know, patches of skin?

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott