Someone was methodically removing all pictures of James Spencer and Raymond Slade, erasing their images as if neither man had ever existed.

In this form of execution, the condemned person was killed by using a knife to methodically remove portions of the body over an extended period of time.

So while DeAnne was murmuring encouragement to Sister Boompjes, Step methodically removed her clothing.

He methodically removed certain sections from his files, stuffed his briefcase full, and made a package of the remainder.

He got to his feet and headed for the fridge, where he started methodically removing vegetables from the chiller.

The clerk came over and methodically removed a box of cigars.

A worker in kitchen whites sits at a table in the back, methodically removing the meat from a huge pile of crabs with the point of a claw.

The two stolid stablemen just grunted in reply and went on methodically removing the team's harness.

Mendelssohn slowly and methodically removed all eight of the screws that held the two large steel clamps to the back of the frame.