oiled

Example Sentences

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Next, she smeared ash on her skin to mask her scent, and oiled her bow with a couple of crushed hazelnuts, chanting: ‘May the clan guardian fly with me and make the hunt successful.’

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Immediately, Nokomis took her aside and brought her to the corner of the house near the window of oiled paper.

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Next day they could run farther, and soon their shoes were oiled and put away and they ran barefoot all day long.

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Peter rubbed the chisel handle with oiled steel wool, trying to resist the urge to throw it across the barn.

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Bodies were oiled to make them appear healthier.

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