His voice was soft and velvety. From LearnThat.org.
As Hayden recalled the velvety softness of her breast against his palm, a pang of guilt stabbed him. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
The suspension is damped and velvety, which is just plain weird, considering the 18-inch, 40-series rubber the car rolls on. From Wordnik.com. [A Fun Screamer Dragging an Anchor] Reference
He loves to drape his nouns in velvety shadows. From Wordnik.com. [Attack of the shadow adjectives] Reference
Amy: according to Carole Walter, whose Scottish shortbread cookie is my favorite, it makes the texture "velvety" and that is all she says. From Wordnik.com. [Chocolate Shortbread] Reference
I was struck by two things: the "velvety" yet vivid colors and the huge dynamic range of the film. From Wordnik.com. [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference
I like Rob P. but wished his voice was a little more "velvety" and that he had glittered differently in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
Hot puffs of air blowing out its black velvety nose. From Wordnik.com. [The One Ton Woman and the Amazonian Half Man] Reference
(Soundbite of music) Mr. RUSSELL: It gets more velvety. From Wordnik.com. [David Russell: Of Guitars and Pingpong Balls] Reference
It is usually a velvety fabric made of coarse wool yarn and silk. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The songs range from brassy cabaret to a velvety, off-kilter waltz. From Wordnik.com. [CHASING FIONA'S TRACKS ALL OVER THE INTERNET] Reference
We love his velvety vibrato, his dapper phrasings, his tuxedoed finesse. From Wordnik.com. [Dino: That's Amore] Reference
I stretched myself prone on a velvety carpet of moss, and gave myself up to. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Lang sings her hits in a lush, velvety voice atop pedal steel guitar and accordion. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Moment] Reference
The fruit is intense and long, and those velvety tannins caress the palate. 3 stars. From Wordnik.com. [Wine: A vertical exercise in Argentine greatness] Reference
Soaring high notes, velvety low notes, and emotionally soothing everywhere in between. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Reiser: For a Song] Reference
It was black near the huge cliff, and overhead velvety blue, with stars of white fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Its wrinkled, velvety gray skin appears worn, like the Velveteen Rabbit after the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Art With A Real Bite] Reference
The windows were hung with heavy, velvety material that hardly let any light in at all. From Wordnik.com. [Boom! You're Smithereens] Reference
It's sort of this velvety smooth, world-weary voice that seems to be untouched by time. From Wordnik.com. [Dylan's Legacy Keeps Growing, Cover By Cover] Reference
Luscious sheets of chewy pasta, ground pork and beef, and a velvety béchamel sauce. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Weston: The Summer of My Discontent -- Too Many Food Festivals?] Reference
The vascular tissue is in turn divided into coronary cushion, laminae and velvety tissue. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The velvety feeling of the corolla and the delicate perfume are likewise sensed by the pupils. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Legend, so often a velvety and controlled vocalist, throws some ache and churn into his repertoire here. From Wordnik.com. [Album review: John Legend and the Roots, "Wake Up"] Reference
These millions of rootlets give a velvety appearance to the alimentary canal, like a nap or downy surface. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
When he spoke it was in a low, velvety, and soothing voice, that fell upon the ear with an irresistible charm. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Buttolo can adjust the "shape of the feel" from velvety soft to so hard that it's like breaking a chicken's leg. From Wordnik.com. [DETROIT'S HOT BUTONS] Reference
Alas, he did not live in a black and white movie, but in modern-day Baltimore, and his voice was far from velvety. From Wordnik.com. [Atticus] Reference
He loved to rub his head because the stubble felt like Mom's old couch, velvety in some places, prickly in others. From Wordnik.com. [Power Ballad] Reference
Says Kinnear: "Once you have heard the smooth, velvety voice of Dan Rather utter your name, your career has peaked.". From Wordnik.com. [The Talk Of The Town] Reference
When they were alone, Sean looked into Katy's eyes and a velvety smoothness spread over the jagged edges of his pain. From Wordnik.com. [Atonement] Reference
The name they adapted together means the velvety ones, and on "Rio," they rock hard without losing that velvety touch. From Wordnik.com. [Aterciopelados: Optimistic Rock From Colombia] Reference
The lines are cut into the copper and a burr thrown up which holds the ink in printing, and produces a soft, velvety line. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
If he had been blessed with the velvety voice and dashing good looks of Peck's on-screen alter ego, that would be one thing. From Wordnik.com. [Atticus] Reference
But last weekend, a velvety sun, warm and gold, flowed down through the trees on us as we sat outside and ate lunch from trays. From Wordnik.com. [Healing Memories] Reference
The sky was overcast, hiding the stars, but the flitting fire-flies outlined strange constellations against the velvety darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Bontecou discovered this rich, velvety, otherworldly black when she adjusted the oxygen levels on her blowtorch so that soot poured out. From Wordnik.com. [Marina Cashdan: Why Size Doesn't Matter: "Lee Bontecou: All Freedom in Every Sense" at the MoMA] Reference
Had Joel been of a poetic temperament he would have compared Betty to a pink rose-bud, and Celia to a velvety pansy, saucy and bewitching. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
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