Unctuousness

I make this with leftover oxtail because its unctuousness is well-suited for ravioli. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2009)

A plate of goulash £4.99 served with a huge mound of perfect rice delivered the required fruity paprika and tomato flavours, the beef was tender and plentiful, and there was a little pot of sour cream on the side to add that stir-through unctuousness. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Praising moderators is the lowest and most vile form of unctuousness on the planet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bizarre navy-blue apron and officious change from high heels to dominatrix flats is the only forlorn remnant of any concept of service, feebly shored up by the unctuousness of the scripted public address announcements. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He publicly excoriated the film director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers) and the artist Cai Guo Qiang (the man whose firework dragon failed to ignite on the Thames at the millennium) for creating the opening ceremony, which he termed "a visual crap-pile of phony affection and hypocritical unctuousness . . . an encyclopedia of spiritual subjugation". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Rarely since the death of Josef Stalin has an intellectual fawned over a tyrant with the unctuousness Alia Brahimi displayed when she welcomed Muammar Gaddafi via video link to the LSE. ❋ Unknown (2011)