resinous

Example Sentences

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The smell of traditional resinous copal incense hung heavy over the parade.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Her dark-hued, resinous, trembling-vibrato soprano has an inherent morbidity, haunting in both Fedora’s longer lyrical lines and speech-like parlando.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023

Bornstein is more poetic: “The resinous leaves have an intoxicating fragrance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

Regular paper only uses certain bits of wood, but kraft paper uses all types of wood including resinous pine, which is typically left out when creating regular paper products.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

A bear pulled up a sledge on which a cauldron of charcoal was smoldering, and thrust a resinous branch into the heart of it.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman