velvety
Example Sentences
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What had been brothy turned to something thicker, glossier — golden, almost velvety.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
The velvety tree ant forms a millions-strong “social insect carpet that spans the mountains,” said Joseph Parker, a biology professor and director of the Center for Evolutionary Science at Caltech.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Touch plays its part too, binding tastes and smells together and fixing our preferences for runny or firm eggs, and the velvety, luxuriousness gooeyness of chocolate.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026
The entire upper half of the canvas is an abstraction of mottled brushstrokes ranging from charcoal gray to a deep velvety black that surrounds the head like a heavy halo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
You might start out in the morning with the river like a velvety shimmery cloth, and by noon it could be full of ripples and waves and splashes.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Vocabulary lists containing velvety
The House on Mango Street
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