leathery

Example Sentences

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One of my favorite passages captures Mr. Haskell’s first encounter, in Australia, with a Moreton Bay fig tree, its thick, leathery foliage crowded by figbirds longing for the tree’s fruits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Swell sharks depend on kelp to lay their leathery eggs, making them vulnerable to kelp forest loss.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

“I haven’t had to alter my body in that way,” says Strong, who underwent a doctor-supervised “starvation diet” and a regimen of tanning booth visits and biweekly spray tans to match Cohn’s notoriously leathery look.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

I was never put off by his lumpy, leathery body, nor his hooked claws.

From Salon • May 4, 2024

It was small and leathery looking, with a large, knobby, bald head exactly like a potato.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling