Etymology
Origin of leavening
Example Sentences
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The film’s comedy won’t appeal to all tastes, but some will welcome the leavening effect it has on the movie’s more frightening aspects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
A corrosive rage courses through this 163-minute odyssey that’s matched by a leavening absurdism, Jude aghast at the comical stupidity of our inauthentic, greed-driven world.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
The friend suggested leavening the dough in his mine.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022
Her story's fantastical tone aligns with her bright imagination, leavening its approach with the bubbly spirit of a dreamer suddenly able to make her superhero fantasies real.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2022
Made without salt, spices, leavening, or preservatives, masa must be cooked within a few hours of being ground, and the tortilla should be eaten soon after it is cooked.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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