oleaginous

Example Sentences

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Ragoravich is predictably oleaginous, a man with a file cabinet full of hidden agendas, but he is charmingly persuasive, and the money has already been wired into Maggie’s account.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

Online sales minimized interactions with oleaginous salesmen and added price transparency, which did away with the haggling.

From Slate • May 30, 2023

But the most villainous entity they encounter is a duplicitous schemer played with oleaginous insincerity by Hugh Grant.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

It's easy for this approach to look rather oleaginous.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2022

To influential parents he is servile and oleaginous, and he treats his staff with fatuous pomposity.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian