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

To be taken seriously, a birdman needed a large collection of taxidermied birds, skins and eggs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The barrels -- bound tightly with rope, their fabric skins stiffened and darkened with lacquer -- inevitably recall the Gulf's vast hydrocarbon wealth.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

After a further uphill section on skis, they remove the skins and ski downhill to the finish line.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Matthias was horrified to discover that it was full of cast-off snake skins.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques