velvety
Example Sentences
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A new EP, “Signals,” kicks off with a pair of songs, “Unang Kilig” and “Honey Honey,” that keep pace with Coachella headliner Sabrina Carpenter’s velvety neo-disco.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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
“I do love babies so. Why, just last week I was tending the sweetest little cherub you can imagine, all dimples and velvety skin and cute little burpie-wurpies.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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