Example Sentences

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Replacing the usual meat or vegetables in a traditional korma was her way of celebrating the cheese’s milkiness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022

In parts of the sky, at times during the day, we could be pardoned for claiming to see a certain hazy quality, a milkiness, an indistinctness.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2021

Dulce de leche would be wonderful, with its caramelized milkiness, as would the bitterness of cherry amaretto.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2021

“Instead, they’re just the slightest bit softer and more tender, with a faint milkiness I like.”

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2019

If you pumped enough air through the limewater you would produce some milkiness in it, for there is always some carbon dioxid in the air.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)