I make this with leftover oxtail because its unctuousness is well-suited for ravioli. From Wordnik.com. [Recipes for Oxtail Braised in Sherry & Oxtail Ravioli in Leek-Mushroom Broth] Reference
Bob Hope eyeballs us with well-honed unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Illustrator] Reference
It has a creamy unctuousness that no oil can match. From Wordnik.com. [At My Table] Reference
He accepted with a smile which avoided unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Centennial]
I don't dislike his work but I get tired of his unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing in Common] Reference
In my version I use marrow ; it adds such a wonderful unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [ri·sot·to Mil·an·ese] Reference
You have the unctuousness of the butter and perhaps some saltiness. From Wordnik.com. [Does My Blog Look Tacky in This?] Reference
He had no time for such unctuousness, but was willing to tolerate it. From Wordnik.com. [Sliding Scales]
He lubricated unctuousness with his own personal brand of smiling smarm. From Wordnik.com. [Night of the Living Fred (Updated): James Wolcott] Reference
The mixture of discomfort, unctuousness and sadness in his voice confused her. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Season]
But even Nixon never had this unctuousness, vapidity, and – well, silliness. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Party Woes in the News…GOP, That Is] Reference
Praising moderators is the lowest and most vile form of unctuousness on the planet. From Wordnik.com. [Moderators] Reference
I WILL vote for McCain if she steals the nomination away with her lies, acts and unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton: I feel like the Goldilocks of this campaign] Reference
Turks; for these Grand Turks are too lavish of their strength, and hence their unctuousness is small. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
Mr. Kemp, counsel for Sala, rolled them out with unctuousness then paused for the Judge to write them down. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
"It shall be a legendary triumph for you, Gwattwe," the spirit doctor declaimed with becoming unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage To The City Of The Dead]
He has a preacherly unctuousness that gives me the creeps but might be a prince of an unctous guy for all I know. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » HRC’s Inevitability?] Reference
“The unctuousness, the holier-than-thou-ness of some of these people really annoyed me,” said Gloria Feldt in 2009. From Wordnik.com. [Big Girls Don’t Cry] Reference
Some steakhouses like to place a daub of butter on the surface to add unctuousness, sometimes it is even an herbed butter. From Wordnik.com. [Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn: How to Grill Great Steakhouse Steaks] Reference
'May the sweetness of the jaggery sweeten our talk and may the unctuousness snigdha-ta of the sesame bind our friendship.'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Many of them came out to look after him, and to observe to one another, with great unctuousness, that he was ‘pulled down by it.’. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
"Phiz's" faces is a good softness and unctuousness even. From Wordnik.com. [Pickwickian Manners and Customs] Reference
Jerry Lewis, his mild unctuousness anchoring their partnership. From Wordnik.com. [The National Ledger - Pop Culture] Reference
"Dear innocent children!" she said, with inimitable unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Best British Short Stories of 1922] Reference
This candidate's ignorance and unctuousness do not bode well for the political process. From Wordnik.com. [3quarksdaily] Reference
Before the sickly grin on Barton's face his own smile deepened into actual unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Little Eve Edgarton] Reference
“Courage, my dear lad,” boomed Father Garnette with something of his old unctuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Death in Ecstasy]
He smiled as he spoke with the unctuousness of a villain administering poison in a bouquet of roses. From Wordnik.com. [Erik Dorn] Reference
Monica Lewinsky had sore knees too obama's unctuousness is soooo lumpenprole - maybe he is secretly a closet "clinger". From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
But before the sudden woodeny set of his daughter's placid mouth his unctuousness twisted just a little bit wryly on his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Little Eve Edgarton] Reference
There was a more genuine friendliness between master and boy — less pomposity on the one side, less unctuousness on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, Mr Chips]
It's a rich dish, to be sure, but Collins tempers the unctuousness of the jelly-like pig with the firm, mildly flavored sweetbreads. From Wordnik.com. [LAist] Reference
But that's the price you pay when you work for an institution that prides itself, to the point of unctuousness, on its ethical high ground. From Wordnik.com. [Fanhouse Main] Reference
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