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How to use leathery in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective

Leathery means having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather. Example: “The beef jerky was tough and leathery.”

Examples of leathery by meaning

adjectiveHaving the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.

  • The beef jerky was tough and leathery.
  • The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid).1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic...
  • It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces.2007 January 5, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times

More sentences with leathery

  • In the distance creatures on leathery wings kited across the sky, lofted by thermal winds.2019, Amy J. Murphy, chapter 13, in Pat Dobie, editor, Allies and Enemies: Legacy (Allies and Enemies; book 4), [s.l.]: Amy J. Murphy. From the entry kite
  • The bird comes cartwheeling out of the forest in a flurry of feathers and leathery wings.2015, Brian Falkner, Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry 'saur
  • I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur.2014, Victoria Wessex, Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star. From the entry ook
  • Smells old before its time, with leathery, nutty aromas; weedy, pickley flavors.1989, Wine Spectator, page 57. From the entry pickley
  • Yuccas are large, impressive plants with tough, leathery swordlike leaves and towering stalks of white cupshaped flowers.1987, Rita Buchanan, “Plant Fibers for Spinning and Stuffing”, in A Weaver's Garden, Loveland, Colo.: Interweave Press, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry yucca
  • One, a short groundling with dark leathery skin and long white hair, said, "It's not your house, Ventl.2015, Martha Wells, Stories of the Raksura: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below, →ISBN. From the entry groundling
  • He was about to discharge a hellstorm of buckshot into her leathery little face when she pushed the barrel away.2013, Bill Yenne, The Fire of Greed, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry hellstorm
  • Even though most bats are small, timid creatures, something about those leathery wings and tiny fangs seems to trip our self-preservation alarms.2011, Linda S. Godfrey, Monsters of Wisconsin, page 37. From the entry chiroptophobia
  • Also described as being like a giant bat, the Kongamato has large teeth, red leathery skin, and a wingspan of four to seven feet.2008, Oliver Ho, Mysteries Unwrapped: Mutants & Monsters. From the entry kongamato
  • They were disturbed from a game of brándubh when the old woman's leathery voice called from beyond the heavy bull's hide doorflap.2006, Ly de Angeles, The Shining Isle: An Urban Fantasy, page 106. From the entry doorflap
  • Sort of elephanty eyes in a wrinkled old face, with short grey hair, a grubby safari shirt and a leathery wide-brimmed hat that looks a hundred years old.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, Sceptre, →ISBN. From the entry elephanty
  • The cunjevoi is an unusual animal, being born as a larvae with a notochord or primitive backbone, before becoming attached to the rocks and growing its brown leathery coat.2006, Frank Prokop, Australian Fish Guide, page 275. From the entry cunjevoi
  • There was about as much encouragement in his leathery face as in my old camel Josephine's, when the gentlemen of her party think they're particularly entertaining.1918 December 7, Miriam Michelson, “Such A Liar”, in Argosy Weekly, page 249. From the entry feeze

Meaning of leathery

  1. adjective Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.

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Questions about leathery in a sentence

How do you use leathery in a sentence?
Leathery is used as an adjective. For example: “The beef jerky was tough and leathery.”
What is a short sentence with leathery?
“The beef jerky was tough and leathery.”
What does leathery mean?
Leathery means having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.

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