trussed
Example Sentences
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It’s a childish performance that is trussed up as an important meditation on the Declaration.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
Don't cut your carrot on the board you just trussed the chicken on either.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2023
Two, trussed onto hooks, hung in each pot sent down to the sea bottom, where their carcasses would be picked to the bone by snow crab.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
The 69th annual Miss Navajo Nation Pageant began on a Monday just before 7 a.m. with three young women in long colorful dresses and aprons standing over a trio of trussed, bleating sheep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
My father has eaten everything on his plate and is digging for more stuffing in the cavity of the turkey, which resembles a trussed, headless baby.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
