oiling

Example Sentences

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Oiling or staining is only necessary for aesthetic reasons, she says.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022

Oiling the surface of the dough ball prevents it from sticking to the bowl and keeps it from forming a dry “skin.”

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021

Oiling the wheels of change … John Lennon and Yoko Ono in bed in an Amsterdam hotel room five days after their marriage.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2012

Picking beans, scrubbing floors, Oiling machines, running mowers .

From Time Magazine Archive

"Oiling the saw again, I see," I said at last glancing with reverent admiration of such benign industry at the oil-can.

From Vesty of the Basins by Greene, Sarah P. McLean