oil-soaked
Example Sentences
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The owner of a Peachtree City, Georgia, auto repair shop who paid a former employee’s final wages with 91,500 oil-soaked pennies has been ordered to pay nearly $40,000 more to nine of his workers.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
It tasted odd, sweet with an oil-soaked texture, and by the time it had cooled enough for use in a s'more, it was unpleasantly chewy, like old gum.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2022
Images of oil-soaked seabirds and blackened shoreline were their introduction to the Alabama Gulf Coast.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
The only lingering signs of the spill were yellow-vested cleaning crews carrying rakes to scoop up tar balls and oil-soaked kelp from the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
An instant later he turned back again, gave Ranofer one of the fish, went on to the next storeroom, emerging an instant later with an oil-soaked torch.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
