Sentence examples for the ointment from inspiring English sources

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the ointment

noun

A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.

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Did the ointment even exist?

The ointment says it offers natural healing.

There was one fly in the ointment.

Enter the fly in the ointment.

The only fly in the ointment?

But there's a fly in the ointment.

"This may be a fly in the ointment," he said.

There is, however, a fly in the ointment.

"They went after the fly in the ointment," he said.

There is a fly in the ointment, however.

There are two small flies in the ointment.

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