DISMEMBER in a Sentence

Learn DISMEMBER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for DISMEMBER, such as:

1. I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer.
2. The British railway network has gradually been dismembered.
3. Who did dismember the Austrian Empire? Several new countries were established.
4. The scene the horror film where the cannibal dismembered the missionary left me with my hair standing on end.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISMEMBER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dismember
 v.  cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body
Classic Sentence:
1  I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37. Sunset.
2  If he really sought to reconcile himself like a dutiful branch, he must be forgiven for having dismembered himself from the paternal tree.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
Example Sentence:
1  Who did dismember the Austrian Empire? Several new countries were established.
2  The scene the horror film where the cannibal dismembered the missionary left me with my hair standing on end.
3  The British railway network has gradually been dismembered.