fleshiness

Example Sentences

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Because of their size and fleshiness, these water lilies are notoriously difficult to collect, preserve, and study.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 4, 2022

At the end of this, I don’t need some crazy new fleshiness.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2021

Rothko’s thunder is stolen by Isamu Noguchi’s striking 1945 sculpture “Kouros,” whose biomorphic pieces of pink and gray marble have a smooth fleshiness and a generally figurative configuration.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2018

This surreal, disembodied effect heightens the impression of an abstract fleshiness, as if the nose has become a separate entity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2016

His father comes to the doorway, heavy, especially in the sagging fleshiness of his face and neck.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes