oil-soaked
Example Sentences
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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 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
As one writer noted at the time, “Many contend the environmental movement of recent years began on the oil-soaked beaches of Santa Barbara. Many contend that it died with the birth of the energy crisis.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2021
You often could still smell the oakum oil-soaked hemp used to pack the joints before they poured the molten lead to make the joints watertight.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 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
