Examples of cut to the quick in a Sentence
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Both know each other’s triggers and Domont’s prickly screenplay has plenty of barbs that cut to the quick.
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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
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 24 Sep. 2023.
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