Sentence examples for oily surface from inspiring English sources

Place on an oily surface.

From time to time, a body would be found floating along the oily surface.

The only sign of life was a few tadpoles flicking around just beneath its oily surface.

This is what often happens when paint is applied over a greasy, waxy or oily surface.

But when "slick" means an oily surface to a dress, Mr. Kane was showing his range.

I scraped and dredged and turned on the heat, then sprinkled flour and pepper across the oily surface.

Dry skin tends to remain on oily surfaces of the skin.

As a water-based paint, acrylics will not adhere to oily surfaces.

Wash your face well prior to applying double eyelid glue or tape, so you have a clean, non-oily surface to work with.

It is likely that the sheet metal is treated with an oily film when it comes from the factory, and adhesive will not stick properly to oily or greasy surfaces.

Miles quotes him recalling, in a nice example of his gloatingly dire adjectival style, "During the summer months the smell of shit and coal gas permeated the city, bubbling up from the river's murky depths to cover the oily iridescent surface with miasmal mists".