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peeling
/ ˈpiːlɪŋ /
noun
- a strip of skin, rind, bark, etc, that has been peeled off
a potato peeling
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- un·peeling adjective
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Example Sentences
“I like decorating my slaves,” she said, referencing the rope, her thin, crimson-coated lips peeling off her front teeth.
Only the peeling paint and the crumbling walls hinted that, for these students, a different reality lay outside.
Nathan was born with his skin peeling away, he was in rough shape.
Everybody knows it, that feeling of entering a park: peeling off the city streets and into that nourishing sense of calm.
The journalist is focused on peeling away the layers and getting at the damaging truth.
Gwynne went into the kitchen, and Mariana, who was peeling onions for an olla podrida, screamed and embraced him.
She had been painted green, but the colour was faded and weathered, and the paint peeling off in strips.
There was a general peeling off of overcoats, and a rush forward of answerers to his bold challenge.
He was peeling potatoes but when the General entered he dropped his work and stood at attention.
Yesterday we saw Johnnie Green ride you up to the kitchen window where Mrs. Green was peeling potatoes.
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