velvety
Example Sentences
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Preferably something velvety, vegetable-based and just a little unexpected.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
The velvety tree ant forms a millions-strong “social insect carpet that spans the mountains,” said Joseph Parker, a biology professor and director of the Center for Evolutionary Science at Caltech.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Touch plays its part too, binding tastes and smells together and fixing our preferences for runny or firm eggs, and the velvety, luxuriousness gooeyness of chocolate.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026
The whiplash between bitter and sweet is arresting, but Ms. Lindsey’s velvety mezzo is never less than beautiful, and her enunciation of German, English and French texts is impeccably crisp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The velvety wings brushed past his cheek, and he caught his first sight of Regalia.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing velvety
The House on Mango Street
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All The Feels: Touching Words For Textures
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"The House on Mango Street" and "The Road Not Taken"
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