salty

Example Sentences

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A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia is challenging a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite - the polarising, salty spread that has become a national symbol.

From BBC

The startup essentially tailors microbes using a technique known as adaptive laboratory evolution—gradually exposing the organisms to conditions such as high arsenic or salty water.

From The Wall Street Journal

Enceladus is a geologically active world with a global, salty ocean hidden beneath its icy surface.

From Science Daily

As we walk the long beach on toasty sand toward the lockers, the sun dries us and leaves us salty.

From Salon

Indeed, Atencio’s words — some of those quoted in the book, such as “Avast there! Ye come seeking adventure and salty old pirates, aye?” — have become shorthand for how to speak like a pirate.

From Los Angeles Times