oil-soaked
Example Sentences
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Images of rescue teams scrubbing oil-soaked birds and shoveling gooey beach rocks became rallying points for environmentalists and others pushing for stronger controls on the oil industry.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022
He'd return to the stove carrying the plate, now topped only with oil-soaked paper towels, laughing all the way.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2021
Phillips 66 did not immediately respond Thursday to an email seeking comment about the oil-soaked birds and wildlife.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021
The Granite Mountain-Speculator Mine disaster killed an estimated 168 miners on June 8, 1917, when a cable fell down a shaft, hitting obstacles that stripped its covering and exposed oil-soaked insulation.
From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2017
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
