Explore Oily through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like greasy or oleaginous. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Oily in a sentence
Oily meaning
- Covered with or containing oil.
- Resembling oil.
- Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
Synonyms of Oily
Using Oily
- The main meaning on this page is: Covered with or containing oil. | Resembling oil. | Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
- Useful related words include: greasy, oleaginous, soiled, dirty.
- In the example corpus, oily often appears in combinations such as: oily skin, oily and, an oily.
Context around Oily
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oily
- In this selection, "oily" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, although, say, reading, skin, fish and parts stand out and add context to how "oily" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also fights oily skin and although oily skin can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oily" sits close to words such as abode, acknowledgment and acquaintances, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oily
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Avoid eating oily or deep-fried foods. (7 words)
Improves dry & dull skin, but also fights oily skin. (9 words)
Corey L. Hartmanface serums you can use on oily skin. (10 words)
It helps loosen desmosomes (a type of cell structure that binds cells together), allowing the cell to let go of the excess sebum that oily skins like to hold on to. (31 words)
Although oily skin can clog pores and lead to increased acne breakouts, dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology say oily skin also has many benefits. (26 words)
During printing, water adhered to the gum arabic surfaces and was repelled by the oily parts, while the oily ink used for printing did the opposite. (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although oily skin can clog pores and lead to increased acne breakouts, dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology say oily skin also has many benefits.
During printing, water adhered to the gum arabic surfaces and was repelled by the oily parts, while the oily ink used for printing did the opposite.
A group of Greenpeace and Fossil Free London protesters gathered outside the court, chanting and holding banners reading “Oily Money Out” and “Make Polluters Pay”.
Avoid eating oily or deep-fried foods.
Cleansers – and most skincare products – tend to be split by skin type categories – oily, dry, sensitive, or normal.
Corey L. Hartmanface serums you can use on oily skin.
For shoreline response, no oily water mixture was amassed on Sunday.
If your skin type is oily, experts say the key is to maintain a healthy balance between excess oil and moisture.
I have combination skin- rosy/oily T-zone and dry cheeks.
Improves dry & dull skin, but also fights oily skin.
Increase anti-inflammatory foods like oily fish, avocado, olive oil, nuts, seeds, flax, chia seeds, ginger, and turmeric.
In the summer time is when I have the worst breakouts because of sunscreen being way too oily for my face.
It helps loosen desmosomes (a type of cell structure that binds cells together), allowing the cell to let go of the excess sebum that oily skins like to hold on to.
It is found mainly in dairy foods, liver and oily fish.
It’s laid with beads of trout roe that burst, oily and rich, against the roof of your mouth.
It’s made of real volcanic stone which is known for absorbing oil quickly (aka, a dream for oily skin).
Look to include good sources of protein like eggs, meat and oily fish like salmon.
Oily fish like salmon, sardines and mackerel are a great source of which is crucial for your immune system.
Restrict spicy/hot foods, pickles, junk, and oily food since they may cause stomach issues and heartburn.
Sailors were tossed or forced to jump into the oily muck below, and Potts and his fellow sailors pulled some to safety in their boat.
Common combinations with oily
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- oily skin 22×
- oily and 20×
- an oily 18×
- oily fish 16×
- the oily 12×
- of oily 11×
- and oily 10×
- for oily 8×
- oily substance 8×
- have oily 6×