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
I was trussed like a festival-day goat, but they tied Helene’s hands in front of her with twine and propped her on the back of a pony, assuming she was harmless.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
