Examples of gristle in a Sentence
a cheap piece of meat, full of gristle and fat
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But 40’s name appears on only two of these songs, and what’s mostly left is a gristle of disembodied vocal stems and workmanlike trap beats.
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Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
Start with high-quality beef tenderloin, carefully trimmed of fat and gristle.
—Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
The cub felt like gristle, taut, like a spasmed muscle in my arms.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
His review begins with Giuseppe Garibaldi, on the beach at Marsala, bootsoles in the saltwhite shallows, wind in his beard gristle.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
Start with high-quality beef tenderloin, carefully trimmed of fat and gristle.
—Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
The cub felt like gristle, taut, like a spasmed muscle in my arms.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
His review begins with Giuseppe Garibaldi, on the beach at Marsala, bootsoles in the saltwhite shallows, wind in his beard gristle.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Gristle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gristle. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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gristle
noun
gris·tle
ˈgris-əl 
: tough chewy matter in meat served as food that is composed usually of cartilage
gristly
adjective
ˈgris-(ə-)lē
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