Other Word Forms
- ropily adverb
- ropiness noun
Etymology
Origin of ropy
Example Sentences
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The aberrant proteins convert normal prions to their malevolent shape as they add them, like rungs on a ladder, to growing, ropy aggregates that destroy neurons, effectively chewing holes in the brain.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 21, 2024
Marvel films like “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Shang-Chi” are soaked in visual effects, but some of the C.G.I. is ropy and unconvincing.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022
The rub, which includes a small amount of sugar, seasons every bite, turning these ropy, fatty pieces of pork into something that goes down like candy.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022
The hot tub is a wide pan holding a steaming bath of lard and broth in which flaps of suadero burble happily alongside orange links of longaniza and ropy lengths of tripa, beef intestines.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022
For Lee Chong dug into the grave on China Point and found the yellow bones, the skull with gray ropy hair still sticking to it.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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