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How to use grease in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Grease means animal fat in a melted or soft state. Example: “To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.”

Examples of grease by meaning

nounMoney.

  • More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type

verbTo bribe.

  • Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri
  • His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.2009, Dan Richardson, GOG - an End Time Mystery

verbTo perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

  • To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.

More sentences with grease

  • Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.From the entry works
  • She lazily scrubbed the pot, but without some real elbow grease it wasn't going to get clean.From the entry lazily
  • The engine had self-sealing gaskets to keep the grease in, just tighten the bolts.From the entry self-sealing
  • This grease is suitable for marine use.From the entry marine
  • You've wiped grease all over your shirt.From the entry wipe
  • Greasing involves climbing under the vehicle into an inspection pit.From the entry climb
  • After cooking the thanksgiving turkey we appreciate the self-cleaning oven as it gets really hot and burns off the splattered grease.From the entry self-cleaning
  • Some types of lubricating grease gum up as they age.From the entry gum up
  • Aging grease had gummed up the record changer.From the entry gum up
  • Some of the bearings on this machine have zerk fittings for a grease gun. Make sure you keep it greased up.From the entry greased up
  • Will try to fix it by myself for now: as a last resort, we can always take it to a grease monkey.From the entry last
  • The slick of grease that normally accompanies deep dish is notably absent, even with the sausage pizzas.2018 April 10, Nick Kindelsperger, “Is Chicago's best deep dish hiding in a glorified food court?”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, I.L.…. From the entry deep dish
  • Don had the Haluski Special and it had arrived swimming in a pool of yellow grease.2017, Stephen King, Owen King, Sleeping Beauties, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 464. From the entry haluski
  • That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil.2015, Joshua Gaylord, When We Were Animals, →ISBN. From the entry slicker
  • Figure 14.12 Wipe off the end of a zerk fitting before attaching the grease gun.2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, 5th edition, page 206. From the entry zerk
  • The place was empty, with the bare plastic tables showing oil and grease stains.2012, Chibundu Onuzo, The Spider King’s Daughter, Faber and Faber (2013), page 164. From the entry buka
  • Worker mobility, which greases the wheels of hiring, dropped off sharply last year.2011 June 8, Roya Wolverson, “Why is Chronic Joblessness on the Rise?”, in Time, retrieved 18 May 2014. From the entry grease the wheels
  • "Oh, great holy goose grease!" the reported gasped in a hushed whisper.2010, Joel Townsley Rogers, Killing Time and Other Stories, page 256. From the entry horsefeather
  • I got on that computer faster than greased lightning and sent him an email.2006, Kerri Pomarolli, If I'm Waiting on God, Then What Am I Doing in a Christian Chatroom?: Confessions of a Do-It-Yourself Single. From the entry greased lightning
  • Skillygalee was born of left-over pork grease and crackers too tough to bite and chew.2004, Brian Leehan, Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg, Minnesota Historical Society Press, page 200. From the entry skillygalee
  • You'll need some elbow grease to work the rake into the lawn and remove the thatch.2004, Jerry Baker, Jerry Baker's Green Grass Magic, →ISBN. From the entry thatch rake
  • Molybdenum disulfide is another common additive that improves the antiseize properties of wheel-bearing grease.2003, Jack Erjavec, Automotive Brakes, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry antiseize
  • Greasing the equipment was one of the dustiest, dirtiest, knuckle-bangingest jobs on the farm.1999, Will Weaver, Farm Team, page 221. From the entry bangingest
  • Now, George, grease it good, an' let hit slide down the hill hits own way.1998, Nancy A. Walker, What's so funny?: humor in American culture. From the entry hit
  • Grease up the cookie sheet, 'cause I hate when my balls stick.1998, Chef, Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You). From the entry grease up
  • She is margarining a slice of bread, rubbing the grease carefully into the crumb.1993, Helen Dunmore, chapter 16, in Zennor in Darkness, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 190. From the entry margarine
  • Shape into rounds and place a little apart on a greased baking-tray.1982 April 30, “[Cookery corner: Using your loaf] Milk rolls”, in Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, Airdrie, page 34. From the entry baking-tray
  • Nonjudgmental decisions, such as holes, grease spots and mispins, are recorded instantly in the computer.1980, Textile Industries - Volume 144, page 23. From the entry mispin
  • One-piece, Grade AA Gallusser croupon, flesh-out leather (3.5-3.7mm thick) with a very high (25%) grease content.1975 September, “Raichle: Now More than Ever”, in Backpacker, volume 3, number 3, New York: Backpacker Inc., →ISSN, page 72. From the entry croupon
  • “I'm from the Bronx and my mother's making grease balls,” said Miss Ho's flompanion, K.1973 February 1, “Chinese New Year to Dawn in Burst of Parades, Song and Dance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Toishan
  • He was short and very dark with a flat head covered with thickly greased hair.1953, Ian Fleming, “Moment of Truth”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 79. From the entry Corsican
  • They ate silently, wolfishly, and wiped up the grease with the bread.1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 26, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 394. From the entry wolfishly
  • M. wearing firemen's blue jackets and jumpers and with their faces smeared as though with engine grease.1931 July 31, “Trio Rob Ohio Bank; Pose as Rail Firemen […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry Odessa
  • Close up the opening, turn the bun over, and place it on a greased baking-tray.1927 December 22, “Raspberry Buns”, in Birmingham Gazette, number 26,124, Birmingham, page 8, column 2. From the entry baking-tray
  • Maybe some other "grease monkey," as I call mechanics, will correct me.1918, Motor World Publishing Company (publisher), Motor World for Jobbers, Dealers and Garagemen - Volume 55, page 29. From the entry grease monkey
  • He applied grease paint and burnt cork to his face in profusion.1903 June 7, “Blood Poisoned by ‘Make-up.’ […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry grease paint

Meaning of grease

  1. noun Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
  2. noun Any oily or fatty matter.
  3. noun Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

Full definition of grease

Questions about grease in a sentence

How do you use grease in a sentence?
Grease is used as a noun and verb. For example: “To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.”
What is a short sentence with grease?
“More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.”
What does grease mean?
Grease means animal fat in a melted or soft state.

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