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Recent Examples of gamy Plus, the horror has a purpose, beyond gamy genre thrills. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023 The plot is a deliberately gamy melodrama. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023 Eating goat curry can mean doing battle with bone fragments, but The Russell’s kitchen minimizes this problem via careful butchering; the meat fell away from the bone in big tender chunks and also possessed none of the slightly gamy taste goat meat can have. Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2022 The reindeer is gamy, such a distinct flavor. Steve Thomas, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021 See all Example Sentences for gamy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamy
Adjective
  • Entire pieces can—and have—been written on the suggestive use of food in Luca Guadagnino's films alone.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The question is not how or why this character begins turning into a furry, rodent-killing canine at night, which Heller shows via a few suggestive body-horror shots and quick cuts, but what the after-effect of the transformation is.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • New Mexico emerged as the spiciest state, with 31.9 ounces per customer purchased on Instacart.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • From creamy dips to spicy wings to pigs in a blanket, all of these festive recipes are sure to crowdpleasers.
    Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Often, Jones would bring his daughter to the facility on an off day.
    Chad Graff, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • So on this off day, Powell got a massage in preparation for the grind to come.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Equal parts clever, racy and grotesque, the containers resemble characters like a sandworm for Dune: Part Two, Wolverine’s openmouthed mask for Deadpool & Wolverine and a black alien head for Alien: Romulus — and even inspired a #NSFW sketch on Saturday Night Live.
    Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Woody spice notes compliment a solid structural backbone with firm tannin and racy acidity.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Gamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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