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How to use the word peeled in a Sentence?

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To me, my menopause is tied into the grief over my husband, … I felt like somebody just peeled my skin off. Like this process of grieving and heartbreak and betrayal, it stripped me of my Paulina skin, the one that I used to know, the one that used to protect me. I don’t have anything that protects me anymore.

Paulina Porizkova

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Because we received information that has a public safety value to it, it's just our responsibility to have a greater presence, to be more aware, and to ask the community to have their eyes and ears peeled for suspicious activities.

Chief Kevin Davis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Once the bark has peeled off, the trees look a bit like bones.

Peter Meyer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was startling and was just kind of wonderment to see history just peeled away, to see history revealed right before your eyes.

Tom Holton

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There’s no label, and the labels have been peeled, but you can tell there had been a label on them, they’re dishwasher clean, dry inside and out, just a hint of A. 1. still lingering in the bottle.

Jill Ralston

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It’s important to keep your eyes peeled.

Daniella Yakobvsky

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

U.S. customs records show the (slave-peeled) shrimp made its way into the supply chains of major U.S. food stores and retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger, Whole Foods, Dollar General and Petco, along with restaurants such as Red Lobster and Olive Garden.

The AP

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Sailing Spitsbergen to Greenland following the ice's edge with an eye peeled to the horizon for wildlife is exhilarating, landings are on foot and in small inflatable boats.

Casey Mead of G Adventures

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When you really have a monster El Nino, it could be enough to flip the PDO into a new phase for a decade or so, keep your eyeballs peeled because maybe we're in for a decadal shift.

William Patzert

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The crawfish season is screwed, the crabs aren't getting peeled either.

Kevin Dartez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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