pastiness

Example Sentences

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“It aids in even browning and prevents items from sticking during sauteing, but it doesn’t impart the pastiness that regular all-purpose flour can.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Two years in the White House have greyed his hair, accentuated the pastiness of his complexion, deepened the lines in his round boyish face, so easy to caricature, so hard to paint.

From Time Magazine Archive

But she is attracted by "the sullenness, the stylistic belligerence, the aggressive pastiness and deliberate potato- sprouting-in-the-cellar lack of health."

From Time Magazine Archive

Saliva forcefiilly oozed through the dry pastiness of my mouth.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

In dress and appearance he resembled very much the ordinary valet in private service, except for his eye-glasses, and that his face lacked the smooth pastiness of the class.

From The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)