oil-like
- a word derived from oil.
Example Sentences
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In Tuapse, black, oil-like drops have fallen from the sky in recent weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Chemical recycling typically uses heat or chemical solvents to break down plastics into liquid and gas to produce an oil-like mixture or basic chemicals.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2022
First, they made individual polymers, linking a hydrophobic, or oil-like portion, to a hydrophilic, or waterlike strand.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 29, 2022
A wreck, a concentrated waste patch and an oil-like slick had been spotted near the crash site, Latvian search and rescue head Peteris Subbota told Latvian television, adding that no passengers had been found.
From Reuters • Sep. 5, 2022
Beneath, the mighty Saskatchewan swelled away, its oil-like water converted into a sea of fire, overhung by ever-changing blood shadows.
From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.
