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Recent Examples of holey
But the story is lumpy too, its mechanical interweaving of Shakespeare and Disney somehow both predictable and holey.
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New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
This part happens fast, but the gist is that the holey boat founders next to a larger ship that’s sinking and spilling oil into the water.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
This weekend is your last chance to shop for holey sweaters ($350) and enamel heart logo pins ($95) at the MET x CDG Pocket Shop, which closes Monday with the Costume Institute exhibition.
—Alison S. Cohn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
This part happens fast, but the gist is that the holey boat founders next to a larger ship that’s sinking and spilling oil into the water.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
This weekend is your last chance to shop for holey sweaters ($350) and enamel heart logo pins ($95) at the MET x CDG Pocket Shop, which closes Monday with the Costume Institute exhibition.
—Alison S. Cohn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holey
Adjective
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The bodice sparkled, and the skirt offered a shredded silhouette that showed peeks of Moore's skin.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Serve with your favorite toppings, including sour cream, corn chips, and shredded cheese.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, the final seasons were somewhat patchy, but the first two are almost flawless, spearheaded by a stoic Claire Foy alongside Matt Smith’s mercurial Prince Philip and Vanessa Kirby’s devastatingly glamorous Princess Margaret.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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But studies and reporting suggest many cases have gone undetected, because testing has been patchy.—
Amy Maxmen,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The hotel is founded and managed by locals, who transformed a dilapidated bed-and-breakfast into a six-acre luxury hotel in 2001.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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They were forced to live in dilapidated buildings with mold, sewage, and rodent issues, and were confined to their rooms for weeks on end.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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Paramount The other animal that makes a big impression is the mangy baboon that Paul Mescal’s character, Lucius, has to fight in his first battle.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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In the film, the decrepit vampire Orlok is obsessed with Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp), the wife of Thomas Hutter (Hoult).—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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In the dog days of summer, the kids discover a decrepit house and the old man (Rentaro Mikuni) who lives there alone.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The dingy, raw feeling of the subculture has faded somewhat — the majority of American gaming arcades have closed down — but the community has maintained its spirit.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Ditto the period production and costume design, exactingly dingy in each detail from clunky rotary phones to knobbly knitwear, but without a hint of retro-fab nostalgia: If the past is a foreign country, the future, or at least the ’90s, beckons with some promise of home.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Holey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holey. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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