holey

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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. 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
  • And if the slices of duck have been served separately atop a bed of shredded cabbage and herbs, feel free to use the sauce as a dressing for a DIY salad.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
  • There’s not much of use aside from tons of fancy guitars, but Dex ends up stumbling on evidence of a future crime, a shredded image of Mad Dog’s next target, Omar Reyes, who is about to testify in a RICO case.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Summer recruitment has also been patchy, with signings Rami Al Hajj, Daniel Grimshaw, Kornel Szucs, Victor Palsson (who played under Rooney at D.C. United), Andre Gray, Michael Obafemi and Darko Gyabi enjoying mixed success so far.
    Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • News of the Briton joining the Scuderia has been public since February, but his form this season has been patchy, despite two race wins.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Farmers, migrant workers, nomadic groups and residents of remote villages encounter snakes in their dilapidated homes, while sleeping on the floor, using outdoor toilets or walking barefoot.
    Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, the concept has taken off in over 30 municipalities across northern and southern Italy, including the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, as a way to entice buyers to restore dilapidated structures.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • In many ways, the team and its fans over the years embraced the decrepit stadium as unique from the other modern, state-of-the-art ballparks throughout baseball.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The horror show of our impending political nightmare is casting a shadow over the New Year like another decrepit despot of suffering, the creeping bloodsucker of Nosferatu.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Around Damascus, entire neighborhoods lay razed and depopulated, and much of the city center looked dingy and worn.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
  • My bed sheets, which have transformed from a crisp white to a dingy eyesore that no amount of bleach can solve, need a refresh.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024

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“Holey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holey. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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