Synonyms

1. greasy

Sentence Examples

1. Her body and hair were covered with an oily sheen that soothed her sunburned skin, and she smelled fresh enough to eat.
2. He was obliged to walk upon bog tufts and watch his feet to keep from the oily mire.
3. Her hair had gone from artfully messy to an oily, matted tangle.
4. The body of the youngster left a trail of oily blood, it was dreamlike.
5. When steel became glass, the world around her shields was enveloped in oily darkness.
6. Most were cans, though a couple of broken mayonnaise jars splattered an oily mess over the floor and nearby groceries.
7. Prison ink, using the oily color from ballpoint pens, laboriously hand-drawn with sewing needles.
8. Florence hung on the arm of a hatless fellow with thick, oily hair and cheeks either sunburnt or rouged.
9. The car smelled of polished leather mixed with stale oily dust and a faint tinge of gas.
10. Only a slight oily swell rose and fell like a gentle breathing, and showed that the eternal sea was still moving and living.