Example Sentences

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I let everything slump and soften before transferring the mixture to my mini blender for a quick blitz into a pale orange, velvet-like base.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“He had the most velvet-like voice,” says Marilyn Harper, who harmonized with Lawyer many times.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2022

A good tortilla is supple, with a velvet-like density if it’s made of corn, or a burnished, silky sheen if it’s molded out of a wheat flour-based dough.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2021

When the sticks were once more properly alight the sleepers would be wakened by a touch and, once more, the party would steal, ghost-like, across the velvet-like sand.

From A Vendetta of the Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

Did he not look very lovely, somewhat browned from the sun, with beautiful roses on his velvet-like cheeks, and his small mouth as red as a poppy-flower.

From The Three Comrades by Royova, Kristina