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gristly

[gris-lee] / ˈgrɪs li /


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There is strength in it, and cleverness and nearly unbearable honesty, yet the enduring aftertaste of such gristly tidbits produces little more than an intense desire to give Ball a big hug.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2022

The patty is tasteless and perhaps a little gristly.

From Salon May 14, 2022

The reason for sketching this process out in such gristly, unpleasant detail is that there remains a significant body of opinion that is convinced people put themselves through all this for a laugh.

From The Guardian Mar. 23, 2021

Meat skewers, from pork belly to beef, were gristly, lacking sauce or enough MSG to help them go down easy.

From Seattle Times Aug. 10, 2019

Its gristly nose was subsiding into its skull hole.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

And it had something beautiful too, Brazil’s team of all the No 10s broken like a butterfly on a wheel by the gristlier, more industrial football of Italy’s champions-in-waiting.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2020




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