tar
Example Sentences
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He also sells Shilajit, which almost looks like tar.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Pike perch tartare from Lake Oulujärvi rests on malt bread with capers and dill oil and a whisper of pine tar.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
He will be battling a Frankenstein-like rival mammoth built by scientists from a jumble of various mammoth bones also plucked from the tar pits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
"If you're small enough, pushing on water is like pushing through tar," says Miskin.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
The rigging went slack, tar melted and dripped, the wind died to fitful breezes.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
