Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gristly
Adjective
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Use a bit of hair powder to keep your bangs from appearing stringy.—
Krista Carter,
InStyle,
27 Jan. 2026 -
It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These choppers fit together like puzzle pieces, allowing the animal to grind up tough, fibrous plants.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The team combined the natural polymer hydroxyethyl cellulose with a fibrous material called leafy cotton thread within the hydrogel matrix.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Erivo enters in dark trousers and singlet, her body lean, sinewy, covered in tattoos, her head shorn, nose ringed, fingernails fiendishly extended, a vampire in waiting.—
Demetrios Matheou,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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The steppe looks like a sinewy piece of yellow meat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Euonymous has dozens of cultivars, growing from two to 12 feet tall, all with leathery leaves, and many with green and gold or green and white variegations.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
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Cardamom brings a cozy warmth, iris and violet add brightness, and sandalwood and cedarwood give it that signature leathery edge.—
Allure,
Allure,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Cookies that benefit from higher baking temperatures are typically drop cookies, including chocolate chip cookies, chewy sugar cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, and more.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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The center is chewy, the exterior is crisp, and the texture magically gets better with time.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Gristly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gristly. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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