OINTMENT in a Sentence

Learn OINTMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

10 example sentences for OINTMENT, such as:

1. He rubbed some ointment on his knee.
2. This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.
3. A range of ointments and creams is available for the treatment of eczema.
4. Some of the petals I am going to make into an ointment, and some into an infusion.
5. It is mentioned as an infallible ointment by Hoffman, Mead, and I think the Abbe Fontana.

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 Meanings and Examples of OINTMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ointment
 n.  highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; salve
Classic Sentence:
1  Moreover, he said, she had given him a pot of that precious ointment, and furnished him with a piece of money withal, to return to the house of his father, near to Templestowe.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
2  It is mentioned as an infallible ointment by Hoffman, Mead, and I think the Abbe Fontana.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 8 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
3  But before this, they had daubed my face and both my hands with a sort of ointment, very pleasant to the smell, which, in a few minutes, removed all the smart of their arrows.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
4  In those times, also, spermaceti was exceedingly scarce, not being used for light, but only as an ointment and medicament.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
5  Some of the petals I am going to make into an ointment, and some into an infusion.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
6  Then, when we had borne you to the ships out of the fray, we laid you on your bed and cleansed your fair skin with warm water and with ointments.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIV
7  But when the flames of heaven had done their work, we gathered your white bones at daybreak and laid them in ointments and in pure wine.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIV
Example Sentence:
1  He rubbed some ointment on his knee.
2  This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.
3  A range of ointments and creams is available for the treatment of eczema.