gristly
Example Sentences
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His “White Noise” is a credible adaptation and a notably faithful one — what an earlier Baumbach character might call the filet of DeLillo’s bristling, gristly book.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022
There is strength in it, and cleverness and nearly unbearable honesty, yet the enduring aftertaste of such gristly tidbits produces little more than an intense desire to give Ball a big hug.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022
The patty is tasteless and perhaps a little gristly.
From Salon • May 14, 2022
And the stubborn beef in the stew-y bistec ranchero was still gristly, as if that skirt steak leaped out of the simmering pot two hours too soon.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2020
I couldn’t afford a drab for an apple and meat pie, so I had snuck some barley bread and a gristly sausage out of the Mess.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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