oily

Example Sentences

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About 200 barrels of oily water escaped from a pipeline at Wytch Farm oil field into Poole Harbour on 26 March 2023.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

These targets can be achieved by eating more oily fish, such as salmon or mackerel, or through supplementation where needed.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

“It just felt weird. Just like oily, slippery,” forward Rui Hachimura said Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

Great British Chefs specified that tonka’s “most distinctive feature” is their “enormous potency — heady vanilla flavours, with oily clove aromas, and perfumed magnolia, sandalwood notes.”

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

I reached for one, tore its outer pulp off with my teeth, and sucked the oily juice.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo