velvety
Example Sentences
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Then I added the rigatoni and enough pasta water to turn the vegetables velvety, finishing each bowl with the crisp crumbs, little pillows of chèvre and torn basil.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Among his accomplishments in L.A. has been to make the opera’s orchestra capable of producing just such velvety, flowing Mozart, as well as terse, tight theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
A strikingly potent Frida, Isabel Leonard used her velvety mezzo to find the drama of the artist’s remembered torment as well as the undulating sensuality of her love for painting and colors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Soups that might have leaned on cream — lentil, potato, corn — turned velvety when I blended half the pot and stirred it back in.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
Abbot Mortimer stood and put a wrinkled old paw lightly on the small head, right between the velvety ears, now drooping with shame.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing velvety
The House on Mango Street
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