fleshy

Example Sentences

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We see the folds best in raking light—directed at the painting from an acute angle—and the fleshy effect was created by the painter zigzagging the wax pigment across her neck in layers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though a half-circle of red dents ringed the fleshy side, the skin was unbroken.

From Literature

These fossils provided crucial pieces needed to build a full, fleshy profile of the animal.

From Science Daily

Then one day, as I sat down, the seat broke, and my fleshy cheek seemed to have plunged into the abyss.

From Los Angeles Times

Its hoodlike structure is called a spathe, which envelopes a bulb-shaped structure called the spadix, a fleshy knob dotted by dozens of tiny, petal-less yellow flowers.

From Salon