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Recent Examples of leathery
Beach vitex has small, round leaves and a smooth, leathery texture.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2025
But since the skin is quite leathery and not as tearable as a banana peel, this is one occasion in which proper tools make the task much quicker and easier.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
Again came her measured footsteps, and with them Dev’s first encounter with the impossible, leathery taste of whiskey.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Almost 30 years later, my knee still puffs up with too much activity, the skin almost leathery to the touch.
—Megan Tady, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2025
But since the skin is quite leathery and not as tearable as a banana peel, this is one occasion in which proper tools make the task much quicker and easier.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
Again came her measured footsteps, and with them Dev’s first encounter with the impossible, leathery taste of whiskey.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Almost 30 years later, my knee still puffs up with too much activity, the skin almost leathery to the touch.
—Megan Tady, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leathery
Adjective
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Four times, he’s used it to strikeout hitters, with the horizontal break being tough to pick up.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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However, the emotional side of living with the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be just as tough.—
Caitlin Carlson,
SELF,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Osteoporosis causes the bones to become incredibly brittle.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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If polyethylene and polypropylene aren’t completely separated during recycling, the resulting mix can be brittle and generally unusable for creating new products.—
Alex Jordan,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Leathery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leathery. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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