like honey

Example Sentences

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Instead of stretching and thinning like honey, the tar-like liquids suddenly snapped apart.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

To spruce things up, I’ll add a sweetener like honey or brown sugar and spices or use buttermilk instead.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024

Emerson pulverized a bit of hardened pahoehoe from a 1920 eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano and heated the powdered rock in a furnace until it was white-hot and oozed like honey.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 9, 2023

But I like honey, I take it anyway.

From BBC • May 8, 2023

Those few minutes before my name gets called go by like honey dripping from a spoon.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi