Example sentences for: oily

How can you use “oily” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This film is "about the upsizing of Michael Moore," who is guilty of "oily smugness and sublime narcissism" (Stephen Hunter, the Washington Post ).

  • In a phone interview Thursday night, Brock was not as oily as Chatterbox had hoped he'd be.

  • (Watch carefully and you can actually see him exuding contempt, like the oily haze that rises off airplane engines on a hot day.)

  • The eggs will seem shapeless and gummy or oily and filmed with a whitish glaze.

  • The requirement of oily food for adequate absorption might also lead to inadequate drug levels in the blood of many treated individuals.


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