PULP in a Sentence

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For PULP, below is one of 9 sentences:
And when one is slapped in the face--why then the consciousness of being rubbed into a pulp would positively overwhelm one.

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 Meanings and Examples of PULP
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pulp
 n.  fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass
Classic Sentence:
1  The rear of the Bon Ton Store was grim with blistered black-painted iron shutters, under them a pile of once glossy red shirt-boxes, now a pulp from recent rain.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
2  Inwardly he was reduced to an abject pulp by these chance words.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  Inwardly he began to go soft as pulp.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
4  He held a programme in his hand, and, while he was talking to her, he chewed one end of it into a moist pulp.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
5  And when one is slapped in the face--why then the consciousness of being rubbed into a pulp would positively overwhelm one.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: II
Example Sentence:
1  This fruit has a large seed and minimum amount of pulp.
2  That glaze is just a mix of strained pulp and sugar.
3  The animal has teeth that grind its food into a pulp.
4  Scoop out the pulp and serve it with sugar.