grease
Example Sentences
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Why I’m stuck in a car that stinks of fast-food grease instead of getting ready for the movies.
From Literature
The kitchen smelled like bacon and sweet butter and the car grease that was always stuck under Mr. Garner’s fingernails.
From Literature
Her crochet hook was racing like greased lightning by then.
From Literature
The high borrowing costs, combined with the soaring price of the metal itself, has stretched the balance sheets of the banks, refiners and recycling firms that grease precious-metal markets.
They’ve got their shirtsleeves rolled up, their hands and wrists streaked with grease.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
