How to Use fleshy in a Sentence

fleshy

adjective
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  • Scroll the gallery for a peek at the fleshy, feisty fun.
    — oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Slice in half and rotate the knife in the fleshy area around the pit in the middle.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, the toms are known for their fleshy red, white and blue head.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2020
  • Use a fig, cut it in half, and remove the fleshy pulp and seeds.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Now, a small part of its fleshy, red body was in my mouth.
    — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 22 May 2018
  • Take a slice of mango, and place the fleshy side against the rim of a drinking glass.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
  • His great, fleshy frame came to rest in a soft stack of complaint.
    — Kevin Barry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The petals are thick and fleshy and can carpet the ground beneath the branches.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2020
  • These were not fleshy or veiny toys, in keeping with the CTA’s rules.
    — Lauren Goode, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Skin tags are fleshy growths that may appear on the neck or face.
    — Joe Graedon, M.s., and Teresa Graedon, Houston Chronicle, 23 June 2018
  • The fleshy tuber or corm has a lot of the goodies the plant needs to get going.
    — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Use the melon baller to carve out two round eyeballs from the fleshy side of the pumpkin scraps.
    — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 25 July 2018
  • The crushed green olives should be big and fleshy, like a chunky relish to contrast the icy bite of the fennel.
    — Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022
  • Gaze upon the male star-nosed mole and its 22 pink, fleshy appendages in place of a face.
    — Leanne Italie, ajc, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Tundra swans’ heads are curved and have a yellow patch on the fleshy part of their black bills near the eyes.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Tundra swans’ curved heads bear a yellow patch on the fleshy part of their black bills near the eyes.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The answers are in the wonder of his face, that fleshy prism of delight and entrance.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 June 2019
  • Pawelek sets bushes ablaze and burns off the thorns to allow his cattle to eat the fleshy fruits and pads.
    — Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Instead of muted beiges, opt for a more rosy-fleshy or tawny tone.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Any plant with fleshy stems or leaves is called a succulent.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
  • This time of year, the fleshy blades of Aloe rubroviolacea turn teal blue, edged in rosy purple.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Like many succulents, aloe has thick, fleshy stems that come across great in faux plant form.
    — Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2020
  • It is formed from an elongated and large wrist bone that is covered by a fleshy pad of skin.
    — Beth Py-Lieberman, Smithsonian, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The singer shared more photos showing pink, fleshy wounds on the inside of his lip, near an elbow, and on a knee.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Use a melon baller to carve out two round eyeballs from the fleshy side of reserved pumpkin scraps.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • These fleshy and typically sweet crops also grow from the flowers of the plant.
    — Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2019
  • The one positive is that purple urchins have fleshy gonads known to sushi lovers as uni.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The meal’s star course was Lotte (monkfish), a sweet, fleshy fish not often found in local restaurants.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
  • The drupe fruit contains a small pit in the middle exposed when the fleshy exterior dries and splits open.
    — USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
  • And the body, in all its fleshy contradictions — inside and out, life and death — was Bloom’s domain.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019

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