How to Use flesh out in a Sentence

flesh out

verb

• Lift the spoon out gently to coax the flesh out from the skin.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
• This is not a proposal that has been fleshed out.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
• To me, those were the three stories that that needed to be fleshed out further.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 June 2026
• Talks to flesh out the details were scheduled for mid-October of that year.
  — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
• To flesh out the narrative and give the moniker meaning, Vrabel even cued up a clip from the film.
  — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• Allie is equal parts quirky best friend and fleshed out leading lady material of her own.
  — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
• Details of what the company’s master plan is have not yet been fully fleshed out publicly.
  — Samuel O’Neal 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
• As the Dolphins flesh out more of the roster, the depth chart will begin to reveal itself.
  — Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
• Over the past year, two biographers have attempted to flesh out the men behind the symbols.
  — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
• But the movie is a one-joke premise, cute and colorful but unsatisfyingly fleshed out.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
• The result is a haphazard vision for a future that the Bulls still haven’t fully fleshed out.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
• That significant shift will be further fleshed out in the upcoming third season.
  — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
• After finding the tracks, Young abandoned the coyote trail in favor of fleshing out the otter's path.
  — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
• This little green creature then tries to help the Minions find more monsters to flesh out their film, a plan that unsurprisingly goes awry.
  — Jami Ganz, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
• Anne Hathaway and Christopher Nolan talk the creative approach to fleshing out the women of the film.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
• Tofino's unparalleled food scene helped the author to flesh out Frankie's career as a chef and recipe developer.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
• Fehrman also fleshes out two participants often treated as footnotes.
  — The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 May 2026
• The specifics of each program San Jose is considering would be fleshed out when the item returns to council in August.
  — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
• And Abbi Hawk fleshes out Ginny in a way that Rowling’s novels never did.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
• In addition to the lack of a formal announcement, the full financial picture of the stadium is still not fully fleshed out publicly.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
• More information about that role could be fleshed out as negotiations between Vasquez and the team continue.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
• The funding deal itself would have to go back before the council at a future date once the proposal is fleshed out, city staff told council members on Tuesday.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
• The band has figured out how to flesh out one another’s songs while giving the songwriter who first came up with the idea complete creative control over the composition.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2026
• As the Dolphins look to continue to flesh out this roster, keep Hafley’s words in mind, especially as the draft draws closer and closer.
  — Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
• Back at home, Score starts with a rough character sketch of her protagonists and then fleshes out the scenes, writing in strict 25-minute increments.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
• Last June, the cast reassembled for 22 days of additional photography to shoot the new third act and flesh out scenes from earlier in the movie.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
• By crafting a revenge mission driven by a canine companion, but without fleshing out the emotions behind it, the movie ends up robotic in its unfurling.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 June 2026
• After all, as the script won't be based on the books, writers are free to put their own stamp on Reacher a bit more, fleshing out his personality and motivations.
  — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
• Their focus has grown both wider and sharper over the past half-decade, as founding member Mac Kennedy has fleshed out a full lineup and spoken more openly about the band’s intent.
  — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026
• Muted guitars twirl in curlicued shapes, fleshed out by harp, woodwinds, and brass; clanking bells and mbira-like harmonics flare up in quiet patches, and background vocals fan across the stereo field.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 19 May 2026