How to Use velvety in a Sentence

velvety

adjective
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  • The broad, oval to heart-shaped, gray-green leaves are velvety soft.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2016
  • Pools of rich velvety light fill the small plaza, red and blue like fire and ice.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 20 Apr. 2020
  • As the sun went down, the trees stood out like shadows against a velvety sky.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Think rich musks, velvety ouds, and heavy-as-hell leathers.
    — Max Berlinger, GQ, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Wek, with her velvety ebony skin and mere whisper of an Afro, was posed in front of a stark, white screen.
    — National Geographic, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The blacks are rich, deep and velvety, the highlights and source lights are amazingly bright.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2018
  • Chicken breast cooked this way is velvety, juicy, and dense.
    — Sarah Digregorio, SELF, 8 Oct. 2017
  • Plain green leaves are large and covered with dense, velvety fuzz.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2018
  • These will be served to eat-in, on velvety gray lounge chairs and at a handsome bar, or to take away during the day.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
  • But here, the very water the pasta is cooked in seasons the noodles and becomes the velvety sauce.
    — Ali Slagle, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Burroughs uses a velvety voice to win over Elle and the courtroom.
    — Madison Arne, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The gentle, residual heat from the noodles is what sets the eggs to create that velvety sauce, not the heat from the pan.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 19 Feb. 2018
  • It is served with slices of crusty Gaston’s Bakery baguette for dipping in the velvety cheese.
    — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Long tiers of candles burned around the piano, light poured in a velvety haze from the ceiling, and fractals purled and oozed on a screen at the back of the stage.
    — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The brisket is textbook—tender and velvety under a layer of crispy bark and a deep red smoke ring.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 9 July 2018
  • The crisp fries were sauced with a velvety white cheddar sauce, topped with crisp goetta, cheese curds and scallions.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2018
  • But maybe some throws that have texture to them, soft, maybe a silky finish or a velvety finish.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 10 June 2017
  • Biscuits and gravy are just that—soft, fluffy, buttery biscuits with a small crock of velvety milk gravy.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 18 July 2017
  • For a velvety texture, press the custard through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any flecks of zest or egg.
    — Cathy Barrow, charlotteobserver, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The velvety 1-month-old pressed his whiskery nose into her sleeve and nuzzled her arm with his toothless gums.
    — Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 July 2017
  • WHAT The fully biodegradable shades are firm but spongy, with a chalk-white, velvety surface not unlike the rind of brie cheese.
    — Meredith Mendelsohn, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2017
  • To finish up Palvin's glam, Quinn used his finger to apply the velvety-soft Lip Maestro stain in 511 to her lips.
    — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Mar. 2019
  • Football fans aren’t the only ones lining up for a quick and easy cold snack in the form of Blizzards, cake shakes and cones capped with velvety soft serve.
    — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2019
  • Broadly pink and velvety was the paprika-rubbed seared ahi.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 11 July 2019
  • Fun Fact: To produce the velvety broth, pork bones are simmered for more than 60 hours (at peak times the wait outside the shop can seem equally long).
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The Russian baritone known for his velvety voice, dashing looks and shock of flowing white hair.
    — Bernard McGhee, sacbee, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The edges of the galette are scalloped, the better to show the dramatic rise of the pastry and to seal in the velvety almond cream that is the perfect counterpoint to the flaky crusts.
    — Dorie Greenspan, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Add in a nob of butter for that velvety texture, toss until coated, and top with fresh sesame seeds.
    — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit, 21 Feb. 2018
  • There is a lacquered library, a velvety billiards room and a dining room with its own bar.
    — Shannon Rooney, Philly.com, 5 June 2018
  • The stracciatella — a velvety base with shards of chocolate - went into my cone.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 July 2018

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