flesh and blood
noun
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As opposed to a man – or woman – of flesh and blood?
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Pia Lauritzen, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
What may seem from the 1925 IFAB minutes a dry and bureaucratic amendment stemmed from the flesh and blood of the game on the pitch.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 June 2025
And yet, despite being very much flesh and blood, Claire does turn out to be, in her own way, a ghost.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Wasn’t that what Christianity was all about, that God is flesh and blood?
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Pia Lauritzen, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
What may seem from the 1925 IFAB minutes a dry and bureaucratic amendment stemmed from the flesh and blood of the game on the pitch.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 June 2025
And yet, despite being very much flesh and blood, Claire does turn out to be, in her own way, a ghost.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Wasn’t that what Christianity was all about, that God is flesh and blood?
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flesh and blood
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“Flesh and blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20and%20blood. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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