Examples of flay in a Sentence

her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping flayed their kill right there in the forest, taking both the meat and the skin home

Recent Examples on the Web But Republicans cited the recent deceleration in hiring to flay Mr. Biden’s economic policies. — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 This isn’t to criticize the family, but to flay CNN, which should have reported the factual context of the household’s inflation experience. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021 In their minority report, GOP members of the Ways and Means Committee seized the opportunity to flay Roosevelt for the New Deal’s fiscal irresponsibility. — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021 Trauma becomes narrative currency, and whoever can claim the most trauma and flay themselves open widest for TV consumption wins the Sadness Olympics. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 22 June 2021 For his part, Mr. Cunningham is happy to flay Mr. Tillis, but has little appetite to elevate the national stakes. — Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020 Cunningham is happy to flay Tillis, but has little appetite to elevate the national stakes. — Jonathan Martin New York Times, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020 Separating fact from invention is difficult, but there are rumors that there was more than one murderer, the killing was drug-related and perhaps most disturbingly, that Driscoll was either dismembered or flayed alive. — Alex Heigl, PEOPLE.com, 11 Dec. 2019 The Indians tie Clyde to the Skinning Tree and flay him alive. — Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020 See More

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