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Recent Examples of mealy At the risk of sounding mealy-mouthed, that was just Spurs. Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Cold temps will dull the flavor and result in a mealy or shriveled texture, according to Adam Stephens, chef de cuisine at Le Moyne’s Chophouse inside The Admiral Hotel in Mobile, Alabama. Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024 Avoid overly sweet or mealy apples like Red Delicious, Gala, or Fuji. Molly Bolton, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024 Cherry tomatoes are the only variety that tends to stand up to time in the fridge without turning mushy or mealy too quickly. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mealy
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Adjective
  • Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
  • Rickman’s Snape was almost cartoonish with his hawk nose and long, straight black hair and pallid skin.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a massive global scam operation that uses real payment methods on fake checkout pages.
    Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • Additional increases in the quantity and quality of weapons sent to Ukraine would underpin that message and would have a better chance than anything else of persuading Putin to replace fake negotiations with the real thing.
    The Editors, National Review, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Three massive, tree-like sculptures made of pale wood rise to the ceiling, dividing the room from the inviting bar.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • In one scene captured on video, several bloodied children, including a girl in a pale pink princess dress, along with her twin brother, were piled onto a donkey cart to be taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital.
    Aurora Almendral, NBC news, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Gavin Sheets greeted him with a double to right field.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • But the Twins found the equalizer in the fourth when Harrison Bader singled to start the frame, went to second on a Christian Vasquez groundout, and came home when Byron Buxton dropped a double at the base of the wall in left field.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • By After Testing Over 30 Best Sellers By Siena Gagliano Unlike balms, which can make lip color slide around, a primer locks it in while keeping lips soft and comfortable.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
  • For lip color, reach for the Merit Beauty Signature lipsticks.
    Loren Savini, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Some who craft epigrammatic verse can sound hollow, like slamming together tins in hopes that someone will infer meaning from the noise.
    Nick Ripatrazone July 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
  • So much corporate messaging sounds completely hollow.
    Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • But not Hochman, whose strained diplomacy has raised eyebrows.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
  • The story of Mbappe’s move to the Bernabeu last summer and his strained relations with PSG could fill several tomes, given the intensity of Madrid’s almost decade-long pursuit of the forward — and the fallout continues to this day.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The most likely candidates for an add would be the 2024 seventh-round pick Hanson or Driskell, but neither had an offensive snap last season outside of the team’s meaningless week 18 game against Denver.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
  • Choose one, and land in a place that reduces the number of meaningless games for a conference that plays more Group of Five and FCS cupcakes than any other Power Four league.
    Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

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“Mealy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mealy. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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