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briny

[brahy-nee] / ˈbraɪ ni /
ADJECTIVE
salty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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At Casa Juani, also on Pearl Street, the briny razor clams bring a taste of Spain to the Rockies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The lake's extreme briny environment sustains algae blooms that attract flamboyances of pink flamingos that thrive in the area.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Those samples contain substantial evidence that briny fluids once existed just beneath the surfaces of their parent asteroids.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Even tinned fish — one of my favorite budget-friendly pantry luxuries — delivers that distinctive briny quality without requiring a trip to a specialty seafood counter.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

“Salty, briny, fishy...I think I have it,” he said after a moment.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

I savored the creamy interior, brinier than a sea urchin but similar in texture.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021

Normally the purest river in the European part of the Soviet Union, the Dniester became "brinier than the saltiest sea water," in Vasilyev's words.

From Time Magazine Archive

Denied the simpler masculine pleasures, guys cook up the most elaborate schoolboy pranks; the brinier the life, the earthier the lingo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Little clouds of faint violet-coloured mist rise from the lower and brinier portions of the pack, which stretches unbroken to the horizon.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

The house oysters, Blackstone Points, had a seaweed whiff and creamy aftertaste; heftier Pleasant Cove Oysters were the briniest of the 11 types I had on my trip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The menu lists them from mildest to briniest, and the selection rotates regularly, depending on local farmer availability.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021

His briniest hour: Churchill trod carefully as he emerged from the Channel Tatler noted that the Churchills were enjoying themselves "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2011


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