grease
Example Sentences
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The most important thing is to keep your money working for you as hard as it possibly can — and for that, you need to apply some elbow grease to keep it moving.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
I spent hours with Dad in our garage grease pit bleeding brakes, in our attic installing insulation, in the furnace room adjusting burners.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Patience here prevents grease pockets and keeps the texture even.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
But there was no evidence of a skull fracture or brain damage typically seen in such cases or grease from a vehicle.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
When my beautiful lady hero was escaping from bad guys in Sands at Sunset, she disguised herself in old clothes and grease till she looked so ugly they didn’t notice her.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing grease
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