as in meat
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables
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Recent Examples of flesh
Forensic experts testified that tiny fragments of flesh found inside William McGuire’s abandoned Nissan Maxima belonged to the victim and were not consistent with material shed by a living person.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Most painfully of all, there was no Robert Redford at Sundance 2026—at least, not in the flesh.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
But the skin, flesh and zest also can be used in cooking.
—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
The larva of the insect can burrow into the flesh of living mammals like cows and horses, and can be deadly.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Most painfully of all, there was no Robert Redford at Sundance 2026—at least, not in the flesh.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
But the skin, flesh and zest also can be used in cooking.
—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
The larva of the insect can burrow into the flesh of living mammals like cows and horses, and can be deadly.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for flesh
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flesh
meat
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The Texas location will smoke the meats in the classic Hill Country way with oak, pecan or hickory chips.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The historical thriller is set against the backdrop of the 1970s meat ban in Uruguay, during which José, a Galician immigrant, and his daughter Rosita establish a clandestine slaughterhouse to survive.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Flesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flesh. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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