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And we're adding unctuousness and umami and savoriness to it because I don't want something that's cloying or sweet.

From Salon Dec. 21, 2024

That signature Ne-Yo unctuousness — not altogether unpleasant, it should be said — is in full effect on his rendition of “The Christmas Song,” the best chestnut on his debut holiday collection.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2019

If you eat it right away, taking advantage of its peak warm, crunchy, salty unctuousness, you won’t even wish it were pizza—which is good, because there’s no pizza here.

From The New Yorker May 31, 2019

The Hotaling’s 11 Year Old is smooth and sweet, with more of bourbon’s unctuousness than rye’s sting of pepper.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 4, 2018

As Alexei grew older, and the hemorrhages more life threatening, Alexandra began to rely on a Russian monk of legendary unctuousness, Grigory Rasputin, who promised to heal the czar-to-be.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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