Examples of cut to the quick in a Sentence
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When the emotional Moon snaps at perfectionist Venus at 11:24 am EDT, criticisms can cut to the quick and injure our feelings.
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
The story is a familiar one — a young immigrant fetches up in New York to seek his fortune, only to be buffeted by a bumptious city and cut to the quick by its competitive edge — but Torres reshapes it into something simultaneously more fantastical and far more real.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
The absurdity of this moment cut to the quick of America's nuclear project.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Both know each other’s triggers and Domont’s prickly screenplay has plenty of barbs that cut to the quick.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
When such stars finally leave us, the news can cut to the quick.
—Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2021
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
The story is a familiar one — a young immigrant fetches up in New York to seek his fortune, only to be buffeted by a bumptious city and cut to the quick by its competitive edge — but Torres reshapes it into something simultaneously more fantastical and far more real.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
The absurdity of this moment cut to the quick of America's nuclear project.
—Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Both know each other’s triggers and Domont’s prickly screenplay has plenty of barbs that cut to the quick.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
When such stars finally leave us, the news can cut to the quick.
—Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2021
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“Cut to the quick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20to%20the%20quick. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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