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Discover LudwigThe phrase "husk of" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe the outer shell or covering of something, often implying that what is inside is no longer present or has been removed. Example: "After the harvest, only the husk of the corn remained, empty and dry."
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I'm just a husk of a man.
I was a broken husk of a space cadet.
The husk of a corn doll hung from the ceiling.
A husk of a country, duly prepared for Western domination.
RICKY JAY can hurl a card into the husk of a watermelon.
Also in 2015, Trump was compared to a husk of corn, a caterpillar and a doughnut.
Anna Akhmatova and what modern museum shrines have made of the husk of her unimaginable life.
That hardened husk of a candidate you see now is what you will get as president.
The conventional ones, though they don't know it, are prisoners of the dead husk of behaviorism.
Only a husk of a state remains in this shattered land.
Flies were doing their primitive dance above a husk of coconut.
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