How to Use mealy in a Sentence

mealy

adjective
  • For starters, the game's weapons start out feeling quite mealy-mouthed.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2017
  • White mealy bug, green soft scales and tiny mites are just a few of the pest that may make your plant a home.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Soft, mealy apples brown a lot faster, and the same thing is true with potatoes.
    — Tarah Knaresboro, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2015
  • The mealy paste that comes next to the watery tabbouleh on a mezze plate serves its purpose.
    — Jonathan Gold, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • This kind of mealy-mouthed writing is Williamson’s bread-and-butter.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Our first trip to the grocery store just to buy a watermelon was thrilling, even if the fruit was mealy.
    — Stephanie Atlan, ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Canned olives won’t work in this dish — their texture is mealy and soft, and their flavor tends to be weak and watery.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Many peaches are mealy and bland, picked too early and shipped for miles and miles, just to sit on grocery store shelves.
    — Kate Heddings, Washington Post, 11 July 2019
  • The main two types of potatoes are mealy and waxy, which have high and low starch contents, respectively.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • So don’t be so infarnal mealy-mouthed, with your mock modesty.
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • No mealy pale cukes or shriveled tomatoes hidden by heavy sauces here.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
  • Southerners would rather eat a lightning bug than a mushy, mealy tomato.
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Southerners would rather eat a lightning bug than a mushy, mealy tomato.
    — Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2017
  • No longer should that industry be given a get-out-of-jail-free card on its mealy-mouthed greenwashing.
    — Lydia Millet, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Starchy, mealy-textured potatoes give gnocchi a lite and tender bite.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Cooked fillings—like unagi and shrimp tempura—keep the best, risking less of a mealy fish fate.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The main insect culprits include mealy bugs — waxy, soft-bodied scale insects that suck plant juices.
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Nevermind the fruit underneath is mealy and bland—the exterior is cute, and cute sells.
    — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The specific scenarios ran the gamut from biting into a mealy apple to seeing mites in a child’s hair.
    — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 5 June 2018
  • Cherry tomatoes are the only variety that tends to stand up to time in the fridge without turning mushy or mealy too quickly.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were seen by many as a mistake, but most other candidates still defended at least on them, if often in mealy-mouthed terms.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Pears that are allowed to become too mature or to ripen on the tree develop a coarse, mealy texture and often have core breakdown.
    — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Most of the larger tomatoes available in grocery stores have an insipid flavor and mealy texture.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Although the fries are reasonably crisp, their insides are mealy and bland in a way that fresh-cut potatoes almost certainly would not be.
    — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Creaminess, granted by the mealy texture of russet potatoes, is important; and the outside should be taut and golden.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Wording intended to be honest and gentle can come across as quite the opposite — contrived, say, or mealy-mouthed — to a reader.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Have in hand five or six prewritten questions, crafted to force a real answer and not mealy-mouthed political-speak?
    — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Avoid overly sweet or mealy apples like Red Delicious, Gala, or Fuji.
    — Molly Bolton, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Salvias There are several, but the most common blue annual types are selections of Salvia farinacea, mealy cup sage.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 28 June 2018
  • These tiny tomatoes will be sweet and juicy any time of year, unlike larger out-of-season varieties like beefsteak, which can have a mealy texture out of season.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021

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