gristly

Example Sentences

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Yet with a little sugar, and a simmering dembow beat, Towers’ gristly timbre elasticized into a warm, caramelized tone all his own.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a nugget of . . . maybe not wisdom, but something gristly worth chewing on here, if you have the stomach to stick your hand into gaping intestines, pull it out and wipe off the blood.

From Washington Post

You are chewing real, gristly fat from some animal you just killed and cooked because if you eat only lean meat you’ll starve to death or get protein poisoning.

From Seattle Times

Still, though, they looked gristly and solid as City passed the ball across the face of that defensive double-bolt.

From The Guardian

David Alden’s production, though, lay on the side of the plate like a piece of gristly meat, tough and gray, casting something of a pall over things.

From Washington Post