skins

Example Sentences

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These are of parchment, prepared from specially treated animal skins that had to be sewn together to accommodate the lofty towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Wilson got us to look at ourselves by looking far beyond ourselves in other cultures and other universes and under our own skins.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The skins contain natural oils, and garments not kept in a temperature-controlled environment -- ideally off-season in cold vaults -- can dry out and disintegrate.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

One prominent enthusiast had 40,000 skins, almost certainly preserved with arsenic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Barnum's "mermaid" is a total fake, a counterfeit fossil pasted together from bones, withered skins, and who knows what else.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman