How to Use milky in a Sentence

milky

adjective
  • Swift is right on trend with her milky nude mani too.
    — Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The dust is the milky hazy gray among the brighter white clouds.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 26 June 2020
  • Apply a milky white base with soft pink tips.
    — Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
  • One of his eyes had gone milky, deranged.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Still got that buttery, milky voice for the ladies.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The child’s eyes were swollen and milky, their mouth agape in a silent moan.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
  • And with its mild, milky flesh, cod is one of the least fishy of them all.
    — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Its eyes were milky, its tongue swollen and foamed with spittle.
    — Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Deep blue is offset by a milky white shade to keep this look airy.
    — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Bring dry, tired curls to life with this leave-in spray's milky texture.
    — Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping, 10 Feb. 2023
  • His skin is smooth and milky, just like the stroke of white above his upper lip.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
  • What's left is a milky, musky scent evocative of sandy skin and salty ocean air.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The milky formula felt light and cool on our tester’s face.
    — Esme Benjamin, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Remove from heat and cool once the broth turns a milky white color.
    — Ying Chu, Marie Claire, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Nico draws me a bath, adding a milky rose soak and Epsom salts.
    — Rachel Krause, refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Her nails were kept at a natural length and dressed in a milky pink hue.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025
  • If the wind kicks up, the world becomes a twilight zone of milky haze.
    — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 Nov. 1996
  • This is shirako, the sperm sacs of cod, soft and milky as oysters.
    — Ligaya Mishan Esther Choi, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • These short square tips feature a milky nude base and a mint French tip.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • If the fruit got bruised, a thread of milky fluid would trickle down the side.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The site’s icebergs move with the tide and are seen in two shades – milky white and bright blue.
    — Nick Williams, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2017
  • The milky-white sleeve comes tucked inside a plastic egg (hence the name).
    — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 10 May 2017
  • These square-shaped, milky nude nails are trimmed in gold chrome at the cuticles.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • Who doesn’t rinse out (and ideally wash) a filthy blender filled with milky stuff?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The prison guards brought her a milky porridge with a piece of oily fish that sickened her.
    — J Wortham, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • From the surface of the Earth all these stars look like a milky cloud in the sky.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Their collar then is milky-white, flat against the body and wraps around the entire worm.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2022
  • In one video, milky water flows from a water fountain on the ship.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • This white hue is on the sheer side, giving it a milky appearance.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Give your pearly chrome manicure a creamy texture and opt for a milky base.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2026

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