leathery
Example Sentences
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When the leathery beast slunk off, singer James Hetfield dedicated the track to the band’s founding bassist, who died in a tour bus crash in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
One of my favorite passages captures Mr. Haskell’s first encounter, in Australia, with a Moreton Bay fig tree, its thick, leathery foliage crowded by figbirds longing for the tree’s fruits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
First, one must peel back its leathery skin, which, when ripe, is a beautiful shade of pinkish-red, sometimes with faint streaks of gold or light green.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025
The sun's rays also dry out skin, making it coarse and leathery.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
There was a sag now to his eyelids and the skin of his neck, which was wrinkled and leathery.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
