1
: lubricated, treated, or covered with or as if with oil
oiled paper
2
slang
: drunk sense 1a
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Examples of oiled in a Sentence
Place the vegetables in the oiled pan.
following the fuel spill, the resulting oiled stretch of roadway had to be closed to traffic
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The iconic accessory has featured all the same elements since the late ’70s, from its minimalist dial to an oiled, water-resistant leather strap.
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Yoni Yardeni, WWD, 21 July 2024
Rub grill grates with an oiled towel; wipe off any excess.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
Place them on the oiled baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap.
—Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
Once, Cosell, ill and maybe a little oiled, threw up on Dandy’s boots.
—Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2022
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Yoni Yardeni, WWD, 21 July 2024
Rub grill grates with an oiled towel; wipe off any excess.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
Place them on the oiled baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap.
—Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
Once, Cosell, ill and maybe a little oiled, threw up on Dandy’s boots.
—Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2022
See all Example Sentences for oiled
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“Oiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oiled. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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