The Minotaur ran his hand over his beard and felt the flecks of gristle.

NEWYORKER: Ziggurat

The other aorta was solid it looked like gristle that had been discarded at a barbecue.

NEWYORKER: The Operator

The chicken salad had to be examined carefully for bits of skin and gristle.

NEWYORKER: Amundsen

Unfortunately, the gristle and the guts the ugly secrets of the Brown abattoir have been gruesomely displayed for all to see.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

She could see that the innards had been scooped out, but negligently, so that seeds remained, bits of pumpkin gristle.

NEWYORKER: Pumpkin Head

Hadley saw that the pumpkin seed unless it was a second seed, or a bit of pumpkin gristle still glistened in his wiry hair, which looked as if it needed shampooing and would be coarse to the touch.

NEWYORKER: Pumpkin Head