tarry

Example Sentences

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In the western province of Alberta, where many ferocious wildfires burned, huge deposits of thick crude oil, mixed with tarry sand, sit beneath the forest and near the snaking Athabasca River.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

But thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars, oil-speckled rocks and bushes line the shore and the wreckage of a tank car juts from the middle of the river.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

As the big cat pounces, its quarry bolts forward into a tarry pool.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2023

It’s in our bodies: our lung tissue, our blood and in the dark, tarry first defecation of newborns.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Soon it occurred to her that there was no longer any reason to tarry here.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin