caked
Example Sentences
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In “Digger,” he returns to serious cinema caked in prosthetics playing an oil baron who causes a global meltdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer, as rescuers carried him on a stretcher.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The off-white cloak caked in clay is deliberately drained of all color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
A fisherman dived down in the water and brought up a clump of vegetation caked in dark slime.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
He had been clearing the irrigation channels and strengthening the dams, the fork he carried was caked with soil and water.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
