saponaceous

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Wons puts them through a microphone in a voice hushed, saponaceous, insinuatingly folksy, with an ingratiating "Are yuh listenin'?" or "Isn't that pretty?"

From Time Magazine Archive

At the age of 37, Oumansky was Washington's youngest Ambassador�suave, saponaceous, brilliant and astute.

From Time Magazine Archive

Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous."

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

He might have so painted, if oil and water had been combined, and the vehicle rendered saponaceous, which it probably was.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

Will this be the case with saponaceous oils?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various