as in coarse
made up of large particles
grainy sand kept it off the rankings as one of the nation's best beaches
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Recent Examples of grainy
The postal mailer features a large grainy photo of Mayorkas alongside a headline about Yakym's impeachment vote.
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Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 11 Aug. 2025
Some editors felt the curds had a firmer, grainier texture, and a tangy flavor.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
For The Fin, his team worked to make the dim light extra grainy, giving it a particularly sinister quality.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
In Palestine, the fine, grainy form was used in many daily dishes.
—Sami Tamimi
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
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Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 11 Aug. 2025
Some editors felt the curds had a firmer, grainier texture, and a tangy flavor.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
For The Fin, his team worked to make the dim light extra grainy, giving it a particularly sinister quality.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
In Palestine, the fine, grainy form was used in many daily dishes.
—Sami Tamimi
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grainy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grainy
Adjective
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Terms of service change often, logging is limited and controls can be coarse and generalized.—
Mark Doble,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Leave the texture of the graham crackers at a coarse crush.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Robbie invites Peach Boy to close his eyes and imagine white sandy beaches, a big blue ocean, and beautiful women asking to dance with him.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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The net was pulled along the sandy bottom, running over rocks jutting out from the soft seafloor.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This goes beyond surface-level familiarity of prompting tactics to include granular understanding of algorithms, data origins and model transparency.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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If a soil test reveals a lack of nutrients, add a slow-release granular fertilizer to fuel your garlic's growth.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Grainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grainy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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