sirupy
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The rest comes out as a waste sulphite liquor,* a sirupy fluid.
From Time Magazine Archive
He ate spaghetti with Italians, drank tea with Chinese, sipped sirupy coffee with Syrians.
From Time Magazine Archive
But though hundreds were lured to their death by sirupy drowning, the attacking host remained undiminished, and the death-traps only succeeded in adding disgusting odors to the already laden atmosphere.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell
If medium-thin sirup is desired, boil it about four minutes or until it begins to be sirupy.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
Pure hydrogen dioxide is a colorless sirupy liquid having a density of 1.49.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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