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Recent Examples of holey
But the story is lumpy too, its mechanical interweaving of Shakespeare and Disney somehow both predictable and holey.
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New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
This part happens fast, but the gist is that the holey boat founders next to a larger ship that’s sinking and spilling oil into the water.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
This weekend is your last chance to shop for holey sweaters ($350) and enamel heart logo pins ($95) at the MET x CDG Pocket Shop, which closes Monday with the Costume Institute exhibition.
—Alison S. Cohn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
This part happens fast, but the gist is that the holey boat founders next to a larger ship that’s sinking and spilling oil into the water.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
This weekend is your last chance to shop for holey sweaters ($350) and enamel heart logo pins ($95) at the MET x CDG Pocket Shop, which closes Monday with the Costume Institute exhibition.
—Alison S. Cohn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holey
Adjective
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The bodice sparkled, and the skirt offered a shredded silhouette that showed peeks of Moore's skin.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Serve with your favorite toppings, including sour cream, corn chips, and shredded cheese.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, the final seasons were somewhat patchy, but the first two are almost flawless, spearheaded by a stoic Claire Foy alongside Matt Smith’s mercurial Prince Philip and Vanessa Kirby’s devastatingly glamorous Princess Margaret.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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But studies and reporting suggest many cases have gone undetected, because testing has been patchy.—
Amy Maxmen,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The hotel is founded and managed by locals, who transformed a dilapidated bed-and-breakfast into a six-acre luxury hotel in 2001.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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They were forced to live in dilapidated buildings with mold, sewage, and rodent issues, and were confined to their rooms for weeks on end.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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Paramount The other animal that makes a big impression is the mangy baboon that Paul Mescal’s character, Lucius, has to fight in his first battle.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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For over a century, Pappas has provided a haven for Massachusetts’ most vulnerable children and young adults despite some of the buildings on the 160-plus acre campus falling decrepit and not meeting today’s modern standards.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2025
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Thomas is half-tricked and half-lured to the decrepit castle in which Orlok, played by Bill Skarsgård in ghoul makeup and an unexpectedly hearty mustache, is the only apparent resident, partially obscured and cloaked in shadows even when the two characters share a room.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The dingy, raw feeling of the subculture has faded somewhat — the majority of American gaming arcades have closed down — but the community has maintained its spirit.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Ditto the period production and costume design, exactingly dingy in each detail from clunky rotary phones to knobbly knitwear, but without a hint of retro-fab nostalgia: If the past is a foreign country, the future, or at least the ’90s, beckons with some promise of home.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Holey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holey. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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