fleshy

Example Sentences

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Wright adopted Caravaggio’s lead white ground and midbrown overlay, as well as his flushed cheeks, pale necks and fleshy pink velvets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Unlike the forefoot, which makes contact with the ground only through its hooves, the hind feet also included a fleshy heel pad behind the hooves.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Its hoodlike structure is called a spathe, which envelopes a bulb-shaped structure called the spadix, a fleshy knob dotted by dozens of tiny, petal-less yellow flowers.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

The Oscar they won for the fleshy organic work they did with Brendan Fraser on “The Whale” is nowhere to be seen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

It was strong and fleshy and brutal, it was full of intelligence and a sort of controlled passion before which he felt himself helpless; but it was tired.

From "1984" by George Orwell