How to Use oily in a Sentence

oily

adjective

• The liquid has an oily feel.
• The salad dressing was very oily.
• Around the nose and in the center of the forehead can give the look of oily skin.
  — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 3 June 2022
• Rub the now-oily, yellow side of the peel all the way around the rim of the wine glass.
  — Al Culliton, Bon Appétit, 26 Dec. 2019
• Check out our guides to the best primers out there for dry skin to oily skin.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2022
• The salt water left an oily sheen on the soil and a swath of dead grass in the yard.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
• Say goodbye to the oily feel and white casts of sunscreen.
  — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 12 Jan. 2024
• So was the oily film the off-putting mixture left on my tongue.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
• His hair was oily, his skin was rough, and his eyes were puffy.
  — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
• Those with oily skin are able to use gel or foamy cleansers.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 14 Oct. 2021
• The strength of the glue or even your skin type, as oily skin can break down the glue and shorten the hold.
  — Jazmine Boutte, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2024
• An oily slick of marinade is a hard thing to come back from.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 10 Apr. 2020
• For oily skin types, the Water Cream is one of the best options on the market.
  — Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Nov. 2023
• Next up are the still oily, though slightly-less-so fish.
  — Emma Wartzman, Bon Appétit, 1 Aug. 2019
• Ramzy says the former would work well for those with oily skin.
  — Alaina Demopoulos, Allure, 9 Mar. 2022
• Szechuan-style pork with an oily hot sauce is just spicy enough.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
• Read on to learn more about the best foundations for oily skin.
  — Justine Carreon, Glamour, 20 July 2022
• If your oily skin is out of control, a clay mask can help.
  — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 28 Dec. 2022
• Sprats, a small oily fish, feature in more than one dish.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
• Lobsinger was tall, gaunt and wore his hair in a 1950s-style oily wave.
  — Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2020
• That's how meibum, the oily substance that keeps the eyes lubed up, is released.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• Whalers once thought this oily liquid was sperm, hence the name sperm whale.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
• The alcohol will zap the oily residue and grime left by a human hand.
  — Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2022
• An oily sheen was reported on the water the evening of Oct. 1.
  — Amy Taxin, ajc, 9 Oct. 2021
• The prison guards brought her a milky porridge with a piece of oily fish that sickened her.
  — J Wortham, New York Times, 2 May 2024
• The harbor lights were festive and moved across the oily water.
  — Kevin Barry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• The whiskey is smooth, sweet, and creamy on the palate, with an oily, viscous quality.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
• The Brits don’t like the oily fish caught in their own waters, so most of this catch is sold to the Continent.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021
• Ducks, for instance, scoop up the oily secretion from the preen gland and spread it over their feathers to waterproof them.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
• For their efforts, the scientists found that ice has a much harder time sticking to unwashed, greasy polar bear hair than to oily human hair.
  — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025