Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gristly
Adjective
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White-rot fungi release aggressive enzymes that bust apart lignin to get at the other bits, leaving behind white, stringy wood that’s mostly cellulose.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025 -
One video of a customer dipping mozzarella sticks in sauce and eating the stringy cheese has more than 16 million views.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Easy to Digest Juicing, including cold pressing, removes the indigestible fibrous skin and pulp.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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Surgery — like the type Paige-Angulo had — may be needed to remove the tissue and adhesions, which are fibrous bands that connect organs that would otherwise be separate, the National Library of Medicine explains.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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One longs for the sinewy action of a Transformers flick, or the imaginative gravity of something like the first Pacific Rim.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Ahead of more anniversary celebrations later this year — including parties, exclusive jewels and the brand’s first pop-up — the sinewy signature has been redesigned entirely in white diamonds, representing a step into new territory for a creative with two decades of rich jewelry design behind her.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The earliest figures, naked and missing limbs, some suffering gouges or pocked with what look like the holes of beetle larvae, bring to mind eerie tales of automata or the leathery agonies of bog bodies.—
Peter Ross,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Apr. 2023
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Making her first appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, the up-and-comer chose a leathery dress made of dark maroon panels that left a cutout pattern along the side.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
25 Jan. 2023
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“Gristly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gristly. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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