gristly
Example Sentences
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The patty is tasteless and perhaps a little gristly.
From Salon • May 14, 2022
Amid this chewy, gristly spectacle, Snyder’s own tongue remains firmly in cheek: From the brassy accompanying cover of “Viva Las Vegas” to the bright, satirical gloss of the visuals, he’s soliciting more smirks than screams.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2021
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
Here he started scratchily, but by the end seemed to have become weirdly ubiquitous, a gristly substance spread across the whole of that Leicester backline.
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2017
Too rancid and gristly even for the crows, it was crawling with maggots.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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