oiled

Example Sentences

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When I finally nailed a roast chicken — buttered and oiled, stuffed with lemon wedges and hunks of onion and fennel — I felt like a goddess.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Beachgoers should not attempt to handle oiled wildlife if discovered, said Dylan Darling, an Oregon Department of Environmental Quality spokesperson.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

Officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s office of oil spill prevention and response said Friday that, so far, one oiled bird, a grebe, had been recovered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2024

The hair on his head was as thick and oiled as an otter’s pelt.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides