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Meanings of ropey in inglês

Forming viscous or glutinous threads.

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Examples for "stringy"
Examples for "stringy"
1
The stringy, yet short, dark-skinned Mawikizi returned the salute with a smile.
The Cole Protocol
2
Teddy stirred his food, some kind of shepherd's pie, the meat stringy.
Shutter Island
3
The proprietor was sixty years old, perhaps; gray, stooped, stringy of neck.
The Real Adventure
4
The patio was but a little square of dust and stringy grass.
The Second Latchkey
5
The owner of the restaurant was a queer little, grey-faced, stringy fellow.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
1
All I could make out were his arms, ropy with lawnmower strength.
Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
2
A wide predatory smile now rose behind the ropy curtain of hair.
Blood and Bone
3
She cast a sly glance aside from beneath her ropy grey hair.
Stonewielder
4
So I force my fingertips down between the hot and ropy muscles.
Beat the reaper: a novel
5
His hair was raked and ropy, and his tie was wrenched askew.
Ladder of years: a novel
1
His pulse felt thready, at least it had a few seconds ago.
The accidental demon slayer
2
Maybe the second, though. The big man's pulse was weak and thready.
Midnight hero
3
I had a good pulse for awhile there, but it's gone thready again.
End of Watch
4
It couldn't reach her, but Ivy twitched and let out a thready whimper.
Small favor
5
Who are you? My voice was changing again, high and thready.
Coyote dreams
Usage of ropey in inglês
1
Smokey's thin, ropey muscles bulged and writhed under his Oatley Tap T-shirt.
The talisman
2
Well firstly, let's just say upfront that budget figures are always pretty ropey.
The Guardian
3
If not exactly ambitious, it's bursting with ropey jangle and haphazardly great choruses.
The Guardian
4
However, unlike Toshiba and Olympus, the latest scandal is not about ropey accounting.
Reuters
5
There were muscles in those ropey arms, and he was desperate.
Haunted
6
Broad swats a very ropey pull shot away to fine leg.
The Guardian
7
He turned around then, wringing hands that were ropey with prominent blue veins.
Caleb's crossing
8
The knuckles had become more pronounced and dark blue ropey veins had surfaced.
The cold light of mourning
9
Their eyes glimmered yellow beneath ropey black hair and heavy brows.
The iron king
10
Tubridy Tonight got off to a ropey start but improved as it went along.
The Irish Times
11
It's been a ropey performance from the Gunners so far.
The Guardian
12
An uninspired selection of 20 games is further hampered by its ropey technical performance.
Independent.ie
13
No wonder it feels so weird and looks so ropey.
The Guardian
14
A pair of ropey tendrils emerged from the ceiling and lowered towards the crewmen.
Stars rain down
15
Their shoulders were ropey with muscle and sheened with sweat.
Whispers Under Ground
16
Dante stood silently behind it, head still bandaged under his fedora, ropey arms folded.
Roast mortem
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