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How to use peel in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Peel means to remove the skin or outer covering of. Example: “I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.”

Examples of peel by meaning

verbTo remove the skin or outer covering of.

  • I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.

verbTo remove something from the outer or top layer of.

  • I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.
  • We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.

verbTo become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

  • I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.

verbTo remove one's clothing.

  • The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.

verbTo move, separate (off or away).

  • The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.

nounA shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of...

  • “I will hit you with this pizza peel.” “I'll hit you with this wrench.” “All right, all right, I know we want to hit each other to death, but what if we didn't?” “Not happening, Green.2026 June 5, Justin Michael, “I'm Just Venting” (3:25 from the start), in Among Us, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Purple (Ashley Johnson)

More sentences with peel

  • You looked a fool when you slipped on a banana peel.From the entry look
  • Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.From the entry mishap
  • Keep an eye peeled, you never know when the ice-cream truck will pass by.From the entry keep an eye peeled
  • Make sure to keep your ears pricked and your eyes peeled.From the entry pricked
  • He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.From the entry peeled
  • Get that banana peel out of your mouth this instant! You don't know where it's been!From the entry you don't know where it's been
  • It was classic—the way she slipped on a banana peel while she was telling us all to be careful!From the entry classic
  • The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.From the entry prickly
  • The peeled fruit quickly turned brown.From the entry peeled
  • All the paint had peeled away.From the entry peel away
  • When you peel away the bracts and reveal the soft heart, you have reached what Ms.2026 May 11, Amanda Schupak, “How Healthy Are Artichokes?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry bract
  • It neutralized the threat that Kennedy would peel off votes from Trump.2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2024. From the entry wiles
  • He peeled children off the floor when they roiled in frustration and plucked cats from the furniture.2019, Vita Murrow, High-Five to the Hero, page 78. From the entry roil
  • That said, we're definitely going to keep our eyes peeled for some "sliving" merch very, very soon.2019 December 17, Sandra Song, “Paris Hilton Invents 'Sliving' While Interviewing Kim Petras”, in Paper Mag, archived from the original on…. From the entry sliving
  • When that hadn’t worked, Greta had let Rowens try to peel the truth from her by himself.2018, Melody Johnson, Day Reaper, Lyrical Press, →ISBN. From the entry good cop-bad cop
  • Do not oversteep the lemon slices; the peel may make this drink bitter.2015, Angelo Prosperi-Porta, Honey, page 166. From the entry oversteep
  • It is good!” Ganbold said, and began to peel the foil away from his cheese stick.2015, Randy Blythe, Dark Days, →ISBN. From the entry cheese stick
  • Peel, with a twinkle in her eye, responds that “his cheek will come nowhere near my jowl.”2015, Tom Soter, Investigating Couples, page 89. From the entry cheek to jowl
  • According to another superstition, the longer the peel, the longer the peeler's life would be.2014, Karen Jean Matsko Hood, Halloween Delights Cookbook: A Collection of Halloween Recipes, →ISBN. From the entry peeler
  • He peeled the skivvie off, revealing his upper body, and wrung it out in the sink.2014, Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life, New York, N.Y.: Tyrant Books, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry skivvie
  • Using a slotted spoon, remove the peel and nuts from the syrup; set aside.2013 February 17, Anissa Helou, The Observer. From the entry slotted spoon
  • Smell the tart orangeyness of the rind as you peel it, slowly and with awareness.2013, Candy Paull, “Serene Spirit: Meditation and Mindfulness”, in Finding Serenity in Seasons of Stress: Simple Solutions for Difficult…. From the entry orangeyness
  • Six minutes later, Mertesacker peeled away from Gallas to meet Walcott's right-wing cross with a superb header.2012 November 17, “Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport. From the entry peel away
  • Grain-size numbers of 5 and lower can create a visual surface problem called orange peel.2011 February 1, Stuart Keeler, “Why Sheetmetal Grain Size is Important”, in MetalForming Magazine, archived from the original on 10 Aug…. From the entry orange peel
  • She peels back her bra exposing ripe melonic breasts and demands her hall mirror to take notice.2010, Allen L. Scarbrough, The Sparrow Sings of Worlds Unknown, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry melonic
  • Boiled in well-salted water, peeled and popped into our mouths, they remind us of roasted chestnuts.2009, Ann Vanderhoof, “Curry Tabanca: Trinidad”, in The Spice Necklace: A Food-lover’s Caribbean Adventure, Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday…. From the entry peewah
  • Be sure to put the peel in the trash can.” “A real banana?2008, Hanson Bonnie Compton, Songs for a Mockingbird, Starik Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry peely
  • He sniffs himself suspiciously and then flumpfs into the couch, still wearing his peel.2008, Lauren Beukes, “Lerato”, in Moxyland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Angry Robot, published 2010, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry flumpf
  • Try using abalone gut, peeled prawns and cunji for bait for the bream and drummer found here.2007, Gary Brown, Fishing Guide to Sydney-Hawkesbury, page 77. From the entry cunji
  • He took his fingernails and he peeled all the chrome on both sides of my car off.2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Pat, 34:52 from the start, in Penn Radio. From the entry back
  • Keep your eyes peeled for a chocolate- and-oatcakecoloured version of the Manxie.2006, James Lowen, A Summer of British Wildlife, page 141. From the entry Manx shearwater
  • You'll run into all sorts o' trouble if you don't keep your eyes peeled.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport. From the entry lissen
  • I peel it some more, but underneath is merely another pattern of wallpaper.2004, Rebecca Bailey, The Only Road There Is, Huntsville, Tex.: Texas Review Press, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry peely

Meaning of peel

  1. verb To remove the skin or outer covering of.
  2. verb To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
  3. verb To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

Full definition of peel

Questions about peel in a sentence

How do you use peel in a sentence?
Peel is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.”
What is a short sentence with peel?
“All the paint had peeled away.”
What does peel mean?
Peel means to remove the skin or outer covering of.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peel (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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