gristly

Example Sentences

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A great bowl of pho requires 14 hours of charring and simmering with loads of bone marrow, and a superior soup uses toppings of high-quality cuts of beef that aren’t sinewy or gristly, he added.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Yet with a little sugar, and a simmering dembow beat, Towers’ gristly timbre elasticized into a warm, caramelized tone all his own.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

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

Too rancid and gristly even for the crows, it was crawling with maggots.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker