gristly
Example Sentences
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Yet with a little sugar, and a simmering dembow beat, Towers’ gristly timbre elasticized into a warm, caramelized tone all his own.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023
And the stubborn beef in the stew-y bistec ranchero was still gristly, as if that skirt steak leaped out of the simmering pot two hours too soon.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2020
Nothing is more unsatisfactory than handing your dog a tasty treat only to have it disappear down their gullet without even a moment of savoring the jus clinging to that succulent gristly end of beef.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2019
Or the more gristly, more controlled team that has tended to grind a little more, to come on strong rather than devour opponents from the start?
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2018
Its gristly nose was subsiding into its skull hole.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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