woody

variants or woodie

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Recent Examples of woody What lingers more prominently are its undercurrents of woody vetiver, parchment, and ash, building a longer-lasting profile that’s dry, spiced, and sophisticated. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2025 The vegetable’s tubular stalks are trimmed from the woody base, then cut into thin slices to soak in ice water for an hour or more. Georgeanne Brennan, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025 Editor’s tip: This texture spray includes Oribe’s signature scent, Côte d'Azur—inspired by the French Riveria with a perfect mix of fruity, floral, and woody notes. Siena Gagliano, Allure, 1 Mar. 2025 For those who are curious, however, a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has captured and analyzed the scents of nine human mummies in the museum’s collections, detecting woody, spicy and herbal notes. Sarah Everts, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for woody
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woody
Noun
  • As a result, even relatively single-tone image elements, such as rich blue skies or the vibrant reds of a sports car, can be rendered more vividly, but also with more tonal finesse.
    John Archer, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to those targets, Stewart also has set priorities to re-establish focus on its retail business, increase fleet business, including telematics, and ink high-profile business deals such as Goodyear’s first launch in decades on a Ferrari sports car.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Guests can now have the Maine camping getaway of their dreams in a covered wagon, two of which are available for the upcoming camping season.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Its 45 larger-than-life figures—cowboys on horseback, women riding sidesaddle, and lots of covered wagons— make up one of the world’s largest bronze sculpture installations.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Toyota Land Cruiser is a full-size four-door, five passenger SUV.
    Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Two young women are dead after a fiery SUV crash, and the driver is under arrest, Texas authorities told news outlets.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Wilder won a Mini Cooper convertible valued at $41,200 from Mini of Downtown Los Angeles, bringing his total winnings to $74,860.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Floating through the clouds also plays into the record’s cover art, which features J-Hope riding a convertible through the sky.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Still, two variations that remained Europe-only would hint at the AMG E’s future: buyers on the continent could opt for a station wagon version, as well as an all-wheel-drive one.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Getting a station wagon of any kind delivered seems close to ordering a beeper or an 8-track tape.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The 5 Turbo 2 was a hot hatchback built in an era when there were a lot of hot hatchbacks, like the Peugeot 205 GTi and the Volkswagen Golf GTI.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Concept is a strong, handsome hatchback that far outshines its predecessor.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But farther up Doheny, a black sea of stretch limos and town cars flowed in and out of another, bigger, more raucous post-Oscar blowout still in full swing.
    Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The actor, 66, was getting his bags out of a black town car and tipping the driver as the 31-year-old comedian approached him, dressed in a wig and a suit to resemble the 78-year-old president.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • My grandmother had this long yellow car with a brown hardtop.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Built in 1957 and 1958, the more exclusive four-door had several model-specific details including quad headlights (a first for an American vehicle), a stainless steel pillarless hardtop, and suicide doors.
    Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Woody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woody. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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