Definition of Tarry

covered in tar or a tar like substance

Examples of Tarry in a sentence

The tires of the vehicle were tarry from all the sticky mud it drove through, making it difficult to wash off even with a hose.  🔊

Dropping your phone in wet cement will cover it in a tarry substance nearly impossible to get off, but that would probably be the least of your problems.  🔊

Walking through tar fields will make your shoes very tarry, and it would take a very long time to get it all off.  🔊

The bottom of my shoe is very tarry after stepping in some gum that someone left on the road earlier.  🔊

As you might expect, your clothes would be very tarry if they actually got tar on them.  🔊

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