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also smokey
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as in sooty
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Recent Examples of smoky
But a rep for the brand says that the bourbon was finished in the 33-year-old Macallan barrel released by WWS last year, so those smoky notes come from the older barrel and not peat.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
The acidity of the beer cuts through the richness of the chicken while enhancing the smoky, spicy notes.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Others in the group raved about the Forget Me Not, a smoky mezcal option, also part of the cocktail program led by Steen Bojsen-Møller.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Run Lola Run is an 80-minute, nonstop kinetic joy ride of a movie fueled by Tykwer’s exhaustive knowledge of cinema history, gleaned from all those hours in the smoky theaters of Berlin.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
The acidity of the beer cuts through the richness of the chicken while enhancing the smoky, spicy notes.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Others in the group raved about the Forget Me Not, a smoky mezcal option, also part of the cocktail program led by Steen Bojsen-Møller.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Run Lola Run is an 80-minute, nonstop kinetic joy ride of a movie fueled by Tykwer’s exhaustive knowledge of cinema history, gleaned from all those hours in the smoky theaters of Berlin.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoky
Adjective
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Davis and subsequently Streep — whose acceptance speech included a biographical survey of half the celebrities in the room and a call for resistance made in a voice gone hoarse by hollering at Women’s March protests the day before — know the only way out is through.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
5 Jan. 2025
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While working through the audio issues, Billy Ray wandered the stage, sang a cappella, and left some viewers concerned about his hoarse voice and at times erratic behavior.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Black carbon is a dark, sooty byproduct of burning fossil fuels.—
Jillian Mock,
Discover Magazine,
17 Sep. 2019
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By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.—
Mike McCahill,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Voicing the bag is an older woman with a husky Tuscan timbre, which carries the whole way through its lifecycle onscreen.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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My husky boy feet cemented into the concrete veranda.—
Diane Seuss,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
Adjective
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The gruff but beloved Hackman was among the most accomplished actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ford’s actually relatively locked-in as the gruff but supportive Colonel Graff training the impressionable Ender (Asa Butterfield), who has to save the universe as all lads in these types of films tend to do.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Known for his rough and tumble roles, the two-time Oscar winner died Feb. 26, 2025.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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The results, while still a little rough around the edges, show how much extra longevity can be wrung from simple tweaks to existing gameplay.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Smoky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoky. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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