How to Use ointment in a Sentence

ointment

noun

• You should put some ointment on that cut.
• The only fly in the ointment is that the stock has risen 290%.
  — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
• But Bertuzzi is more than just a fly in the ointment near the crease.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• In 1919 the third artist—who some might call the fly in the ointment—arrived.
  — Alexandra Bregman, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
• The fly in the ointment here of course is the president.
  — Fox News, 31 July 2018
• In a kitchen full of strangers, keep the gauze, burn ointment and paramedics on standby.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2021
• The only fly in the ointment will be the strong SSW winds that could gust up close to 30mph at times.
  — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
• There’s one teensy fly in the ointment that might be an agent of chaos.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
• The fly in the ointment of it all comes from the other love planet, your co-ruler Mars.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
• Don’t flush the eye out with water or try to put ointment on it.
  — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
• The only fly in the ointment was the sheer number of pot shots and long-range strikes the Brazilian took.
  — SI.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• The mask smelled like piney ointment and pushed his breath back at him, hot and rotten.
  — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• In the evening, use the ointment and apply it to your underarms.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022
• Bieber happens to agree and uses the ointment to stave off crusty, dry lips.
  — Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 16 July 2024
• Some of you may have cleverly noticed the fly in the ointment.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• It can be rubbed on the skin as an ointment or digested in food.
  — George Skelton, The Mercury News, 4 June 2019
• Just make sure to care for your tattoo and apply the A&D ointment with clean hands each time.
  — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 9 July 2018
• There are some flies in the ointment, as with almost anything.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2022
• But Bruce is not allowed any fly-in-the-ointment heroics.
  — Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
• What is glamorous, however, is the way the ointment-turned-balm makes my lips look and feel.
  — The Editors, Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2023
• The one potential fly in the ointment with Steam’s Spring Cleaning event?
  — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 24 May 2018
• There’s already a fly in the ointment, though: the EPA rates the Taycan’s range on a charge at a very pedestrian 201 miles.
  — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2020
• Eva is the Bummer Wife, the unhappy female fly in the ointment.
  — New York Times, 31 May 2018
• The only fly in the ointment would be the strong southerly winds, gusting up close to 30mph through the afternoon.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020
• Do not use creams and ointments with a lot of alcohol and water.
  — Anthea Levi, Health, 14 Nov. 2023
• Don’t use eye drops or ointments. Don’t take over-the-counter pain relievers on the way to the emergency room.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
• Aquaphor also works as a first aid ointment if your child gets a minor cut or scrape.
  — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
• Baffert said the horse was being treated with an ointment for a rash.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2021
• The only fly in the ointment is that the investor enthusiasm that has propelled prices leaves little room for error.
  — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024
• But there’s a fly in the ointment: the marquee feature of Apple Intelligence will only work with two current iPhones.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024