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Recent Examples of holey
But the story is lumpy too, its mechanical interweaving of Shakespeare and Disney somehow both predictable and holey.
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New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holey
Adjective
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Then decide whether inorganic materials like landscape cloth, black plastic, rocks, or rubber mulch is better than organic mulches like shredded leaves, straw, pinestraw, sawdust, or wood barks.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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Alternate 4-inch layers of shredded organic matter with 1 inch of topsoil or finished compost.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Photos have captured the difference in the course over the past year, where once vibrant green fairways have now become brown and patchy.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Partial and patchy clusters of fall colors can be found in midwestern states such as Missouri, the lower half of Iowa, as well as most of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and the northern half of Georgia.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Gein farmhouse was a dilapidated house of horrors.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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The demolition of the former dilapidated Northridge Mall, which began last year, is finished.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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There are decently unsettling moments as Mia’s quest leads her to poke around a decrepit former amusement park, the empty prison and other sites.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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The former property manager had briefly tried to move Daniels into a less decrepit unit – but did not follow through with tenants on recurring issues.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The gay window dresser Molina shares his dingy prison cell with the straight revolutionary activist Valentin and entertains him with dramatic fantasies surrounding his favorite movie star, the diva Ingrid Luna.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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Leave downtown to find a couple of pearls tucked into dingy strip malls.—
Peter Cameron,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Holey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holey. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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