oiled

Example Sentences

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In college, I found a treadle machine in an empty dorm room, oiled it and made a blouse and quilt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

After it’s finished cooking on the oiled flat top, it’s sliced into large strips that can then be rolled up and dunked into the yogurt sauce and eaten.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Papá oiled it and set up his barbershop in the shed, using an unstable wooden box as a chair.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez