Sentence examples for peel from inspiring English sources
The word "peel" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used as a verb meaning to remove the skin or outer layer of something (e.g. "She peeled the banana"), or as a noun to refer to the skin or outer layer (e.g. "The banana peel was discarded"). Example sentence: He peeled the orange and ate the juicy slices.
verb
To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
For food, the Coast Café above the Ogaan shop at the eastern end of Back Lane serves good fish curry with kokum (the dried peel of a tamarind-like fruit), malabar parathas (stuffed, spicy flatbreads) and zingy fish tacos.
Cut the top and base off the grapefruit, stand it upright on a board and cut away the peel and pith.
Intermittently I was compelled to peel the gloves off and head for the bathroom to wash my hands.
Save the heads for making stock if you wish. 2 Break open the soft shell along the underbelly of each prawn and peel it away from the flesh.
The house was owned by a housing association called Patchwork, who would peel off years' worth of wallpaper (six layers, hanging off the walls) and patch up the damp plaster beneath.
It works both in terms of optics (eg "How can the Republican Party not appeal to black people when there's a black candidate?"), and in terms of a far-right fever dream of Ben Carson as the savior candidate who could peel off Obama voters and guarantee a Republican presidency.
Learned societies bred journals such as the Manchester Guardian, so that Sir Robert Peel could remark, "What Manchester thinks today, the world does tomorrow".
"THE police are the public and the public are the police," said Sir Robert Peel, founder of London's Metropolitan Police, almost two centuries ago.
No doubt, if Sir Robert Peel had resolutely determined to give the country more free trade, and maintained high ground from the very outset, he might have scared his party into submission, and, with the aid of the free traders in the House, have blessed the country with measure which must at last be conceded.
The author of the blogpost, Elizabeth Peel, writes: "Our findings highlighted that while lesbian, gay and bisexual people strongly support the legal recognition of same sex relationships they are especially in favour of same sex marriage, and believe that all individuals (regardless of their sexuality) should have access to the same relationship choices and statuses.
Holland welcomes the eclecticism promoted by the late DJ John Peel, who determinedly fished on the wilder shores of experimental music, and by the broader appetite for world music that has flowed from increased foreign travel and greater play time on the radio.
