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How to use oily in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word oily? Here are some examples.

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Try lavender if you have oily skin, chamomile if your skin is dry, geranium for normal skin and neroli for an acne-prone complexion.
It was a must at wedding feasts, despite the various dals, since, unlike the oily and rich dishes, it soothed the stomach.
All parts of the poison ivy plant produce the oily irritating agent, urushiol.
The coat should be flat and dense, of a coarsish texture and oily nature, and capable of resisting water.
Prior to the 1970's an oily dressing, like brilliantine, was popular among smart young men.
The inside of the bag containing the mixed candies smelled faintly of machine parts and some weird oily sour smell.
After Olos had gone, she sank into a deep, much-needed sleep, un-plagued by dreams of oily brown clouds and droning.
When glycerol is treated with a mixture of sulfuric and nitric acid, a yellow oily liquid nitroglycerin is formed.
If coaly or oily material is present in samples the DMSO may become very dark, but this does not appear to affect its effectiveness when re-used.
He opened his eye again, and was not surprised to find what looked like a pile of dirty rags and an oily blanket.
An oily rag, which spontaneously combusted, ignited the complex and burned most of the storage units, including his next door.
On very oily lanes, a spinner will spin too much and not break early enough to be effective.
The trees were skeletal spires of hardened white ash, and the ground was bare of greenery, instead coated with an oily black film.
Common sources of vitamin D in foods include fortified cereals, margarine and oily fish.
While oily fish is a good source of vitamin D, most of our needs for this nutrient are met by exposing our skin to sunlight.
His body was covered in wounds, his long hair was clumped and oily, and he was dressed in rags.
Sharp and focused on the nose, it has a soft, round palate with an oily sweetness.
And remember, treat oily or waxy stains first, then treat protein, tannin and dye stains.
She tiptoes through the garden and tells you how to use watercress as a hair conditioner for oily hair.
They tend to feel warm, have somewhat oily skin, penetrating eyes, and sharp features.
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Examples from Classical Literature
But if you had made a study of faces, your second glance would have cut through that gloze of oily, apologetic appeal.
He had oily black hair, and smiled with gold-filled teeth before one came to the real point of a joke.
The whaler drawn by oily lure followed the bowhead east and north from Bering Sea.
The Germans were barraging the crest of the hill, with their universal-shell bursting high with black oily clouds.
The flies seem an Egyptian plague, and get mortised into the oily butter, which holds them like birdlime.
In the East Indies the candleberry, which contains oily seeds, has been burned for light by the natives.
Hard water is of no use as a cleanser, until all the lime has been removed by uniting with the oily acid of the soap.
When the hair is excessively oily or the scalp unusually crowded with dandruff, the weekly shampoo should not be neglected.
When the hair is very oily a dessertspoonful of ammonia and a pinch of borax should be added to two quarts of warm water.
She aimed it at her burrito's exposed guts and misted them with a fine red oily spray.
The grain is replaced by a dense fungoid tissue largely charged with an oily fluid.
For a rich mild red colour, rectified spirits of naphtha, dyed with camwood dust, or an oily decoction of alkanet-root.
The oily part rose to the top, making it look like a savory black broth, which smelled much like balm or other herb tea.
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