Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gristly
Adjective
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Using the hook attachment, beat on medium until dough is smooth and elastic but stringy, 5 minutes.—
Erin Hooker,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025 -
In the dressing room, after applying lipstick and rouge, Kaliardos plopped a wig of long, stringy brown hair on Costanzo’s head.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Called 'molecular breast imaging,' researchers at Mayo Clinic found the combination method increased the ability to find cancer in the fibrous and glandular tissue type by more than double.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Dense breasts have more glandular and fibrous tissue, and less fatty breast tissue.—
Jennie Durant,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Stardust Racers, the sinewy roller coaster that towers over Epic Universe, shoots bodies through the sky at more than 60 miles an hour and plunges them toward the surface of the Earth from the height of a 10-story building.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Inside the leathery shell, clusters of pomegranate seeds shine like ruby prisms.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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An initial jolt of spicy pink pepper dissipates to reveal a rose dripping in honeyed, ambery sweetness, while its leathery base adds strength, dimension, and something a little bit naughty to this fruity-floral triumph of a scent.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Firm crispy cookie that goes down like a handful of chips but not for someone who likes a chewy cookie.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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The texture is soft, more like a dense cake or a soft, chewy cookie.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Gristly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gristly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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