UNCTUOUS in a Sentence
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Meanings and Examples of UNCTUOUS
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unctuous
a. oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
Classic Sentence:
1 Dropping his spade, he thrust both hands in, and drew out handfuls of something that looked like ripe Windsor soap, or rich mottled old cheese; very unctuous and savory withal.
2 In a word, after being tried out, the crisp, shrivelled blubber, now called scraps or fritters, still contains considerable of its unctuous properties.
3 This box contained an unctuous substance partly solid, of which it was impossible to discover the color, owing to the reflection of the polished gold, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, which ornamented the box.
4 Granting other whales to be in sight, the fishermen will seldom give chase to one of these Grand Turks; for these Grand Turks are too lavish of their strength, and hence their unctuousness is small.
5 Plum-pudding is the term bestowed upon certain fragmentary parts of the whale's flesh, here and there adhering to the blanket of blubber, and often participating to a considerable degree in its unctuousness.
Example Sentence:
1 Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by unctuous protestations of his "humility.".