plural pasties
1
: a meat pie
2
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Examples of pasty in a Sentence
Adjective
The mixture has a pasty consistency.
She has a pasty complexion.
You look a little pasty. Are you feeling OK?
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Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 June 2024
The 818 Tequila founder went braless and ditched pasties under a high-neck, sheer mermaid bodycon gown while relaxing on a yacht.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
Not only are you supposed to use the two-finger rule to measure your SPF accurately, but many of the ones on the market also make a laundry list of promises only to leave you with a pasty white cast or a glob of grease.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Dec. 2022
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Noun
Sterling Tull’s doll-like face for Chappell’s NPR concert, with dramatic blue shadow splashed like shimmering lagoons over a base of pasty white foundation, lives somewhere in the blurry intersection of artistry and tragedy — a place our fishy friends know perhaps too well.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 June 2024
The 818 Tequila founder went braless and ditched pasties under a high-neck, sheer mermaid bodycon gown while relaxing on a yacht.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
Adjective
Concerns over his physical shape had already come to the fore over the summer after paparazzi pictures revealed a pasty complexion and an overweight figure.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
Not only are you supposed to use the two-finger rule to measure your SPF accurately, but many of the ones on the market also make a laundry list of promises only to leave you with a pasty white cast or a glob of grease.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Dec. 2022
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“Pasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pasty. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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pasty
2 of 2 adjective
pastier; pastiest
: resembling paste
especially
: pale and unhealthy in appearance
pastiness
noun
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