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How to use ooze in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Ooze means tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather. Example: “The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.”

Examples of ooze by meaning

verbTo be secreted or slowly leak.

  • Microscopic grains oozed out.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
  • Pale slime oozed through all the surfaces; some of it dripped from the ceiling and burned Dennis as badly as the blazing sparks had done a moment before.1988, David Drake, The Sea Hag, Baen Publishing Enterprises, published 2003, →ISBN
  • He was hard to understand because he spoke softly, and his Vermont accent was as thick as maple syrup oozing down a pile of pancakes.1994, Madeleine May Kunin, Living a Political Life, Vintage Books, published 1995, →ISBN

verbTo give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.

  • "Good servants are so hard to find," Chesna said, oozing arrogance.1989, Robert R. McCammon, The Wolf's Hour, Open Road Integrated Media, published 2011, →ISBN
  • There are no two ways about it: a Berardi dress oozes sex appeal from its very seams.1999, Tamsin Blanchard, Antonio Berardi: Sex and Sensibility, Watson-Guptill Publications, →ISBN, page 16
  • Newcastle had failed to penetrate a typically organised Stoke backline in the opening stages but, once Cabaye and then Cisse breached their defence, Newcastle oozed confidence and controlled the game with a swagger expected of a top-four team.2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport

More sentences with ooze

  • The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.From the entry pig
  • All are now private homes, but it oozes nostalgia (which I like).2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48. From the entry nostalgia
  • Everything fed from the heat and chemistry oozing from hydrothermal vents.2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 37. From the entry hydrothermal vent
  • As a description of the praxeology of philanthropy, Norris's statement practically oozes know-how and Spivak's can-do-ness.2019, Andrew Herman, The better Angels Of Capitalism. From the entry can-do-ness
  • I ordered one, and it arrived oozing with hummus and studded with bright green falafel.2017, Juli Berwald, “In Medusa’s Blood”, in Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry pita
  • A typical sign of cloacitis is smelly slime oozing from the vent and sticking to the feathers.2016, Gail Damerow, The Chicken Health Handbook. From the entry cloacitis
  • Figgis favors rich colors that bubble, ooze and marbleize as if alive.2014 October 23, Roberta Smith, “Art & Design: Genieve Figgis: ‘Good Morning, Midnight’”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Jul 2015. From the entry inherent vice
  • “On your left!” a rider yelled, tires squishing through the ooze.2007 November 30, Stephen Regenold, “Cyclocross: Mud, Sweat and Gears”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry squish
  • Mean-times, spelling and pronunciation are horrendously uncircumvoluted and the English vocabulary simply oozes with unloquaciousness.2007, David F. Latham, “English Difficult? Au Contraire”, in American Rambler: 48 Original, Hilarious, Laugh-Out-Loud Newspapers Columns…. From the entry horrendously
  • Even our benchwarmers had their visible flaws: warts, rashes, oozing sores, and misstitched scars.2006, George Singleton, Drowning in Gruel. From the entry misstitched
  • Greebo, hiccuping occasionally, oozed into his accustomed place among the bristles of Nanny’s broomstick.2002, Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad, page 97. From the entry broomstick
  • She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, page 268. From the entry lymph
  • Such cryovolcanism probably occurred on Saturn's moon Enceladus (below right), where ices oozed through fissures.1990 August, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 65. From the entry Enceladus
  • "Yiss." The swami oozes in, now wearing only a rather dirty dhoti.1970, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 39. From the entry bespeech
  • The front bar was plying trade too, by customers that kept oozing in through the back door.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 159. From the entry muzzy
  • It caused a cold sweat to ooze out all over Duane's body.1915, Zane Grey, chapter 12, in The Lone Star Ranger. From the entry cold sweat
  • The cheeses I’d laid out oozed invitation.2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 75. From the entry giardiniera
  • Yellow pus oozes to get those good gross-out laughs.2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club. From the entry comic relief
  • The cozy interior oozes authentic charm and feels like it’s been the family living room of Antwerpenaars for generations.2017, Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw, Rick Steves Belgium: Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp & Ghent, 2nd edition, Avalon Travel, Perseus Books, →ISBN. From the entry Antwerpenaar
  • She pointed at her hand with her slowly oozing stump.2017, David Burton, Blood on the Bayou, By Light Unseen Media. From the entry Captain Hook
  • One of the side effects of having the hot end set to the optimal temperature for extrusion is oozing.2015, Charles Bell, 3D Printing with Delta Printers, page 251. From the entry oozing
  • Jane Jacobs would have loved him, if she wasn’t overcome by conniptions at his oozing influence over her beloved neighborhood streets.2010 November 10, John Caramanica, “Monopoly by Marc Jacobs”, in The New York Times. From the entry conniption
  • This ain't the safest place to sit'n'think, Zachry, said Meronym, so tendersome that fin'ly my tears oozed out.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN. From the entry tendersome
  • I got off the blower oozing no confidence at all.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 144. From the entry blower
  • A little beer mixed with soggy tobacco or pot oozes out of one can near Ken's bare, hairy feet.1994, Dennis Cooper, Try, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry octopusish
  • The lasagna was the favorite this visit — a thick, tomato-saucey square oozing melted cheese and bits of sausage.1989 June 16, Jeff Guinn, “Garden good for children”, in Star Time (Fort Worth Star-Telegram), Fort Worth, Tex., page 4, column 2. From the entry tomato-saucey
  • As somehow from some soft of mind they ooze.1983, Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, page 34. From the entry uninane
  • The bellydancer oozed towards our table, her cuplike navel apout.1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 33, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 226. From the entry apout
  • Suddenly, Bobby oozed his jazz into Gene's throat.1968, Len Harrington, In drag, page 7. From the entry jazz
  • Three languages rapped, fumbled or rumblingly oozed all the while.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 129. From the entry rap
  • Then there is the misery of leaking roofs and oozing walls, which in winter makes some rooms almost uninhabitable.1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, Penguin, published 1962, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 53. From the entry uninhabitable
  • He oozed prosperity from top hat to duotone shoes.1925, Life, page 21. From the entry duotone
  • Wind oozing thin through the thorn from norward.1912, Thomas Hardy, The Voice. From the entry norward
  • “You need those nasty corners – nasty in the best way – when the sauce oozes out the sides and goes super caramelised.”2023 June 4, James Shackell, “‘It’s a travesty they’ve disappeared’: what ever happened to jaffle irons?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry jaffle

Meaning of ooze

  1. noun Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
  2. noun An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
  3. noun Secretion, humour.

Full definition of ooze

Questions about ooze in a sentence

How do you use ooze in a sentence?
Ooze is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.”
What is a short sentence with ooze?
“Microscopic grains oozed out.”
What does ooze mean?
Ooze means tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.

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