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

"He's not used to being all trussed up like that, you see."

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

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

Facing them were two Keepers, and next to them, trussed up like a lumpy package on the floor, was Ton-Ton.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer