How to Use dissect in a Sentence

dissect

verb
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  • We dissected the poem in class.
  • The city is dissected by a network of highways.
  • We dissected a frog in science class.
  • She dissected each point of his argument.
  • No spoilers, but safe to say fans will have a lot to dissect.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2021
  • If James can dissect the Suns, as well as score, this series is a wrap.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2021
  • The defense broke the 81-second video down frame by frame so its experts could dissect each detail.
    — New York Times, 20 May 2021
  • By going small for nearly the whole game, the Clippers were able to dissect Utah’s defense.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • No need to dissect the first game of the year, which Texas played post-winter storm sans any legitimate practice.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2021
  • There was plenty for Adell to dissect after making his MLB debut last year.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021
  • When a problem arises, dissect it to its lowest indivisible number.
    — Jedidiah Alex Koh, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • The center dissected many of those bodies and leased out the parts for use by other medical schools, for-profit research companies and the Army.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Short seller reports that dissect a live sports company following covid are exaggerating the effects of a lagging, one-time event.
    — Beth Kindig, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • From the Mandela effect to the fact that Benito’s boyfriend’s family kisses each other on the lips, every week the co-hosts dissect the things that live in their heads rent-free.
    — Leigh Cesiro, Vulture, 20 May 2021
  • Brady valued those backs in New England, using them to clinically dissect opposing defenses with a series of short, low-risk passes.
    — Liam Fox, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • To dissect the two parts, cut along each side of the center vein of each leaf.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • So much to digest, so much to dissect and so much to dance to.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 29 July 2022
  • Tuesday was a chance to put it all on film and dissect in the coming days.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Just the end of a 111-win season with a long winter to dissect what went wrong.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Sort, inspect, dissect and plant seeds and seedlings that guests can bring home.
    — Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The point of all this is not to again dissect the Chargers’ painful departure.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
  • All of this, on top of the video from your performances as a BMOC that the teams can dissect and absorb.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a ton to dissect coming out of this wild game on a gorgeous fall day along the lakefront.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Here, the lyrics via Genius to take in and dissect, with some notes on references.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In every episode, the series finds new rocks to turn over and new vermin to dissect.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2021
  • But at least there are parts of his game that younger players can dissect and mimic.
    — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Beef explored that in a masterful way—and in a way that can be dissected over and over again.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Day said the past two days have been spent in intense meetings trying to dissect what has gone wrong and how to fix it.
    — Bill Rabinowitz, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Aides will dissect data like results from precincts and GOP turnout.
    — Selina Wang, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Having begun at the end of the story, the novel returns to the past to dissect every decision taken, along with some that were not.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024

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