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

Federal Reserve to tame inflation are driving down U.S. economic activity while China continues to tarry in returning to pre-pandemic levels, said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023

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

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2023

My heart thumps, and I whirl, searching the tarry blackness.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir