velvety

Example Sentences

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A new EP, “Signals,” kicks off with a pair of songs, “Unang Kilig” and “Honey Honey,” that keep pace with Coachella headliner Sabrina Carpenter’s velvety neo-disco.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Touch plays its part too, binding tastes and smells together and fixing our preferences for runny or firm eggs, and the velvety, luxuriousness gooeyness of chocolate.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

The entire upper half of the canvas is an abstraction of mottled brushstrokes ranging from charcoal gray to a deep velvety black that surrounds the head like a heavy halo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

The chicken, shredded tender, mingles with spaghetti broken into thirds, while cream-of-mushroom soup pulls everything into a glossy, velvety tangle.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Her curly hair fell past her shoulders, she had big hazel-green eyes, and her voice, when she wasn’t using it to keep me and Jim straight, was soft and velvety.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam