How to Use leathery in a Sentence

leathery

adjective

• The tree is small with leathery leaves, and the fruit is nine ounces with green skin.
  — Noris Ledesma, miamiherald, 22 June 2017
• The leathery skin can impede the growth of the fruits or lead to fruit splitting.
  — Ottillia "toots" Bier, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
• In one place, the crown of a skull stuck out of the dirt, brilliant white with a fringe of leathery scalp and hair.
  — Balint Szlanko, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2018
• His hands were bare, black and leathery, like his face.
  — Author: John Branch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
• This scent is made from pure oud oil and gives off a spicy, leathery scent.
  — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 26 Apr. 2018
• The plants’ leaves are so leathery, that a power blower shouldn’t do this.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Mar. 2022
• Standing at the base of the tree with the eggs in my hands, feeling their strangely leathery shells with my thumbs.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• As the Black Knight, your character then spends the next five hours battling the faces of leathery old men.
  — Andrew Groen, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2013
• Leathery old Hélio Saraiva has had three strains of dengue.
  — Sam Kean, Science | AAAS, 17 Aug. 2017
• Leaves are thick and leathery, 2 to 3 inches wide with spiny margins.
  — Karen Dardick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
• With his long leathery neck, dull-yellow face and beady eyes, there’s just something about Diego.
  — Aimee Ortiz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2020
• Cohn had bloodshot eyes, a botched face-lift, thinning hair, and a leathery tan, as if he’d been left too long on the griddle.
  — Dwight Garner, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2019
• If the stratum corneum gets too dry, the skin can become itchy, scaly, inflamed, leathery and unattractive.
  — Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017
• If the stratum corneum gets too dry, the skin can become itchy, scaly, inflamed, leathery and unattractive.
  — Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017
• If the stratum corneum gets too dry, the skin can become itchy, scaly, inflamed, leathery and unattractive.
  — Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017
• If the stratum corneum gets too dry, the skin can become itchy, scaly, inflamed, leathery and unattractive.
  — Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017
• If the stratum corneum gets too dry, the skin can become itchy, scaly, inflamed, leathery and unattractive.
  — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
• If the stratum corneum gets too dry, the skin can become itchy, scaly, inflamed, leathery and unattractive.
  — Jane E. Brody, idahostatesman, 29 Oct. 2017
• Scaly, spiny and snaggletoothed, soaring through the sky on leathery wings.
  — Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
• Both the rice pudding and the milk pudding called kazandibi had developed leathery skins over the top, and the baklava was hard and fractious.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Mar. 2018
• Customers are encouraged to take a deep whiff of the leathery goodness.
  — Vagney Bradley, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
• The young trees looked like boy soldiers, thin and lanky, their heads of green, leathery leaves hovering just a foot or so above the water.
  — Jessica Wapner, Quartz, 1 Dec. 2019
• About 200 of the leathery-skinned turtles reside in Lake Champlain, most of them clustering around the mouth of the river.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• The ground is spongy, thick with needles and the leathery brown tanoak leaves that Campbell fears might be keeping new trees from emerging.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
• For most of the year, these lemurs make bitter, leathery smelling chemicals used to keep other males at bay.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 16 Apr. 2020
• Alongside the amber is nutty cardamom and leathery vanilla bean pods.
  — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
• Three leathery older women stalked through the halls.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
• Some funky flavors can be good, like earthy, savory, leathery or smoky notes, while others such as vinegary, stinky or barnyardy are not.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
• Their skins were thick and leathery, their juice surprisingly tart, and their seeds fat.
  — David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
• Indian hawthorn has leathery, dark green leaves that take on a pleasing purple hue in winter.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025