Example Sentences
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Larded with unstinting parental praise and garlanded with unearned laurels, these cosseted children arrive at college thinking highly of themselves and expecting others to ratify their complacent self-assessment.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023
Larded throughout the novel are references to two ancient and opposite tragedies of fathers and sons: Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” and the classic Persian tale of Rostam and Sohrab from Ferdowsi’s “Shahnameh,” or Book of Kings.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2017
Larded with cute po-mo anachronisms, it had at least one press show audience tittering helplessly.
From The Guardian • May 24, 2015
Larded in with the national play at Germantown were matches in the National Veterans' Lawn Tennis Championship.
From Time Magazine Archive
Larded with Truffles.—Clean, prepare, and truss a fat chicken.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
