greasy - use in sentences

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: I miss the slightly greasy feel of dark magic that clung to my previous robes, however.
  • too: Has to be McDonalds, I'm not a great fan of KFC, too greasy!
  • very: Simon Robson coming to a stop on a very greasy Crooked Mustard.
  • so: My skin is 100 % better, and my hair has stopped feeling so greasy at the end of the day.
  • not: I think in terms of health and nutrition now and not greasy food products anymore.
  • rather: It was incredibly slippery - lubricated with a rather greasy feeling bright red mud.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: Don't try to tape the eye straight after applying gel or drops as these make the eyelid greasy and the tape wont stick.
  • leave: Now this didn't affect the track too much, but did leave a few sections greasy and difficult to negotiate.

Modifies a noun

  • spoon: First stop of the day, a greasy spoon.
  • pole: Climbing the greasy pole was a very popular event.
  • fingerprint: Police grabbed his camera leaving greasy fingerprints across the lens.
  • burger: Finally there is what I would argue to be the worst cure I have come across, the greasy burger and milkshake.
  • stool: Symptoms Chronic diarrhea, stomach cramps, bloating, loose and pale greasy stools, fatigue and weight loss.
  • cafe: Her weekends are spent with her dad in his greasy spoon cafĂ©.

Used with adjective complement

  • climb: That's why you climb greasy SERP pole, after all.
  • feel: However it should not feel greasy to the touch.
  • become: And try not to shampoo daily as your hair will become ever more greasy.
  • get: Bucks in particular get very greasy with orange muck on their skin across the loins area.
  • look: Gorgeous Guineas Posh ' n ' Go has tamed her coat without making it look greasy.

Noun used with modifier

  • Mrs: Excuse me, are you any relation to the Mrs Greasy who runs a cafe in south London?

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