grease
Example Sentences
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The high borrowing costs, combined with the soaring price of the metal itself, has stretched the balance sheets of the banks, refiners and recycling firms that grease precious-metal markets.
They’ve got their shirtsleeves rolled up, their hands and wrists streaked with grease.
From Literature
"Under my fingernails, it's no longer the sacred earth of Djenne, but engine grease," Cisse told AFP, overcome with nostalgia for his former life.
From Barron's
“You have my permission but”—she wipes the grease off her lips—“at least give me a warning.”
From Literature
Tendrils of steam escape the paper bag, which has little dots of grease all over it.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
