How to Use ointment in a Sentence
ointment
noun
- You should put some ointment on that cut.
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The only fly in the ointment is that the stock has risen 290%.
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Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2024
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But Bertuzzi is more than just a fly in the ointment near the crease.
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Conor Ryan,
BostonGlobe.com,
18 Apr. 2023
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In 1919 the third artist—who some might call the fly in the ointment—arrived.
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Alexandra Bregman,
WSJ,
9 Aug. 2018
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The fly in the ointment here of course is the president.
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Fox News,
31 July 2018
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Inflation has been the fly in the ointment for the Fed.
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Nick Timiraos,
WSJ,
26 July 2017
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In a kitchen full of strangers, keep the gauze, burn ointment and paramedics on standby.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 July 2021
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The only fly in the ointment will be the strong SSW winds that could gust up close to 30mph at times.
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Todd Nelson,
Star Tribune,
2 Mar. 2021
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There’s one teensy fly in the ointment that might be an agent of chaos.
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Eddie Timanus,
USA TODAY,
31 Oct. 2022
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The fly in the ointment of it all comes from the other love planet, your co-ruler Mars.
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The Astrotwins,
ELLE,
30 Nov. 2022
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Don’t flush the eye out with water or try to put ointment on it.
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Ada Tseng,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2021
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The fly in the ointment, however, is that CDOT seems a little wary of the idea.
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John Greenfield,
Chicago Reader,
22 May 2017
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The only fly in the ointment was the sheer number of pot shots and long-range strikes the Brazilian took.
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SI.com,
18 Sep. 2019
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The mask smelled like piney ointment and pushed his breath back at him, hot and rotten.
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Colson Whitehead,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2021
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In the evening, use the ointment and apply it to your underarms.
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Grooming Playbook,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
25 May 2022
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Bieber happens to agree and uses the ointment to stave off crusty, dry lips.
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Anamaria Glavan,
Allure,
16 July 2024
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Some of you may have cleverly noticed the fly in the ointment.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 Nov. 2021
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Beyond the range of grease and ointments, the rules were straightforward.
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Jon Wertheim,
SI.com,
23 June 2017
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It can be rubbed on the skin as an ointment or digested in food.
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George Skelton,
The Mercury News,
4 June 2019
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Just make sure to care for your tattoo and apply the A&D ointment with clean hands each time.
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Emma Sarran Webster,
Teen Vogue,
9 July 2018
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There are some flies in the ointment, as with almost anything.
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Bryce Millercolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2022
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But Bruce is not allowed any fly-in-the-ointment heroics.
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Donald Liebenson,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2021
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What is glamorous, however, is the way the ointment-turned-balm makes my lips look and feel.
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The Editors,
Town & Country,
10 Mar. 2023
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The one potential fly in the ointment with Steam’s Spring Cleaning event?
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Brad Chacos,
PCWorld,
24 May 2018
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There’s already a fly in the ointment, though: the EPA rates the Taycan’s range on a charge at a very pedestrian 201 miles.
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Dallas News,
11 Jan. 2020
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Eva is the Bummer Wife, the unhappy female fly in the ointment.
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New York Times,
31 May 2018
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However, heart balm is not an ointment or a salve, or even a balm.
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Matt Jones,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2016
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The only fly in the ointment would be the strong southerly winds, gusting up close to 30mph through the afternoon.
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Paul Douglas,
Star Tribune,
17 Nov. 2020
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Lotions, ointments, and creams all trap moisture in your skin.
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Rena Goldman,
Health,
30 Sep. 2024
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Among the artifacts found on site some of the most notable include a bronze cross, a Communion spoon and ampoule, and a small ointment vial.
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Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
26 Sep. 2024
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