tar

Example Sentences

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The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"I don't want to tar every business with the same brush by any means, but there is some profiteering."

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Pike perch tartare from Lake Oulujärvi rests on malt bread with capers and dill oil and a whisper of pine tar.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

It simply won’t do to keep saying we have enough muscle for each new crisis, and to tar those who buck establishment wisdom with tired labels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

It’s tar and cigarette butts and bird crap and not much else, but someone’s laid down some rugs.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon