oleaginous

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times

Bush and Bob Dole were better men than the draft dodging, enthusiastically oleaginous Bill Clinton.

From Fox News

But then I realized that there was something familiar about the actor playing Sir Robert Greene, an oleaginous nobleman who detests Shakespeare.

From Washington Post

Critics described him variously as pompous, sycophantic, unctuous, oleaginous and obsequious.

From New York Times

Some years ago, I worked for a man several decades older than me who consistently made oleaginous and sexualised comments to me and the other young women in our workplace.

From The Guardian