leatherlike

Example Sentences

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“I don’t think this is avant-garde,” pronounced Michael as he surveyed Josh C.’s outfit of black shorts, high-necked white blouse and odd leatherlike fabric covering the model’s shoulder blades.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2011

He sighed and worked his jaws on the leatherlike substance.

From The Best Made Plans by Dongen, H. R. van

The center becomes drier and more leatherlike, and sinks in as the whole increases in size.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Her hands beggared description; their covering resembled skin not at all, but a dark-blue substance, leatherlike, bruised, ingrained, indigo-hued.

From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van

In addition to the big outer pockets, it had inner game pockets lined with a leatherlike plastic.

From The Egyptian Cat Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)