Example Sentences

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It's just the right amount of salty greasiness paired with sweet and spicy jalapeño honey that makes this dish an instant brunch favorite.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

Here, the same alchemical treatment yields an even more blistery crust with burnished-bronzed skin glowing through, plus more greasiness, more chew.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2022

Don’t mistake greasiness for a lack of precision; every groove and texture on the album is arranged just so.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2022

My hope was that I would go through the period of greasiness, and then emerge beautiful.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2019

Any greasiness of the crucible makes itself felt here and is very objectionable.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius