silkiness
IPA: sˈɪɫkinʌs
noun
- The property of being silky.
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Examples of "silkiness" in Sentences
- It also gives the baked custard a light silkiness, but the milk waters down the richness of the egg.
- He was enraptured by what he called the silkiness of French women, particularly the women of Provence.
- His hand moved over the silkiness of her tawny hair to the side of her face and lifted it away from his chest.
- There was a delicious silkiness in the texture of the wine that expanded with extraordinary flavor in my mouth.
- “Would that be enough of a demonstration, Monsieur Nerin?” she asked, unable to keep the silkiness out of her voice.
- It also, I discover, gives the baked custard a light silkiness which knocks the texture of its competitors into the long grass.
- Next, in a medium bowl, you whisk salt and cream cheese to smoothness; they will add depth of flavor and silkiness to the final product.
- She worked on the hair the longest, remembering how much she had touched her husband's hair at the beginning, enjoying so much its gentle silkiness.
- A recipe on the Waitrose website finishes the chocolate off with 200ml single cream – not a great deal, compared to the litre and a bit of milk that's gone into it, but just enough to give it a luxurious silkiness in the mouth.
- That's when I travel in my mind down gray sea island roads in the shade of towering live oaks, brush aside the dangling tendrils of Spanish moss, pause to watch a deer plunge through the woods, keep an eye out for that great blue heron, and marvel in the silkiness of the air and the moist humidity.
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