skinned

Example Sentences

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With the help of neighbors, he skinned it, securing enough meat for the entire settlement for several days.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The victim described the attacker to police as "white, olive skinned and tanned", a "muscular build" and "a shiny, hairless chest", Price said.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It was her husband returning from the day's hunt, a large plastic bag in hand containing a skinned seal.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Bietz denied accusations that he skinned the skull of the sea lion before the confrontation with Diaz.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Half of these were kills she’d brought down and skinned herself, enough to help them pay for passage out of Oxscini, if they ever got into town to trade them.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee