How to Use mealy in a Sentence

mealy

adjective

• For starters, the game's weapons start out feeling quite mealy-mouthed.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2017
• White mealy bug, green soft scales and tiny mites are just a few of the pest that may make your plant a home.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Soft, mealy apples brown a lot faster, and the same thing is true with potatoes.
  — Tarah Knaresboro, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2015
• The mealy paste that comes next to the watery tabbouleh on a mezze plate serves its purpose.
  — Jonathan Gold, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
• This kind of mealy-mouthed writing is Williamson’s bread-and-butter.
  — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 7 Apr. 2018
• Our first trip to the grocery store just to buy a watermelon was thrilling, even if the fruit was mealy.
  — Stephanie Atlan, ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023
• Canned olives won’t work in this dish — their texture is mealy and soft, and their flavor tends to be weak and watery.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• Many peaches are mealy and bland, picked too early and shipped for miles and miles, just to sit on grocery store shelves.
  — Kate Heddings, Washington Post, 11 July 2019
• The main two types of potatoes are mealy and waxy, which have high and low starch contents, respectively.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
• So don’t be so infarnal mealy-mouthed, with your mock modesty.
  — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
• No mealy pale cukes or shriveled tomatoes hidden by heavy sauces here.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
• Southerners would rather eat a lightning bug than a mushy, mealy tomato.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• Southerners would rather eat a lightning bug than a mushy, mealy tomato.
  — Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2017
• No longer should that industry be given a get-out-of-jail-free card on its mealy-mouthed greenwashing.
  — Lydia Millet, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2020
• Starchy, mealy-textured potatoes give gnocchi a lite and tender bite.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
• Cooked fillings—like unagi and shrimp tempura—keep the best, risking less of a mealy fish fate.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 23 Mar. 2024
• The main insect culprits include mealy bugs — waxy, soft-bodied scale insects that suck plant juices.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
• Nevermind the fruit underneath is mealy and bland—the exterior is cute, and cute sells.
  — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
• The specific scenarios ran the gamut from biting into a mealy apple to seeing mites in a child’s hair.
  — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 5 June 2018
• Cherry tomatoes are the only variety that tends to stand up to time in the fridge without turning mushy or mealy too quickly.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
• The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were seen by many as a mistake, but most other candidates still defended at least on them, if often in mealy-mouthed terms.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
• Pears that are allowed to become too mature or to ripen on the tree develop a coarse, mealy texture and often have core breakdown.
  — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2021
• Most of the larger tomatoes available in grocery stores have an insipid flavor and mealy texture.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
• Although the fries are reasonably crisp, their insides are mealy and bland in a way that fresh-cut potatoes almost certainly would not be.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• Creaminess, granted by the mealy texture of russet potatoes, is important; and the outside should be taut and golden.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2022
• Poussin, smeared with garlic, sumac and red pepper paste, was unappealingly mealy.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• Semi-hard cheeses like Cheddar can be frozen, though the texture will become more mealy or crumbly.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
• Watch vigilantly for scale and mealy bugs on plant leaves.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
• Instead, northern sweet potatoes had white flesh and a more mealy texture.
  — Sophie Bates, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
• Steer clear of the refrigerator, which can lead to a mushy or mealy texture and loss of flavor.
  — Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025