leathery

Example Sentences

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“I haven’t had to alter my body in that way,” says Strong, who underwent a doctor-supervised “starvation diet” and a regimen of tanning booth visits and biweekly spray tans to match Cohn’s notoriously leathery look.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

The sun's rays also dry out skin, making it coarse and leathery.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Some still have hair, leathery skin and their original clothing.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

These animals have large bodies and long, leathery necks.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 7, 2024

They grumbled continually as they built and rebuilt with leathery, deliberate hands their pyramids of mottled greenish oranges and mangoes and curved embankments of hard green bananas.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver