barbecue sauce

noun

1. a piquant sauce often containing vinegar, tomatoes, sugar, and spices, used especially for basting in barbecuing meat.

Example Sentences

My late grandmother, in particular, had a predictable, beloved spread: shrimp cocktail with horseradish-laced sauce; the supermarket veggie platter with ranch; crockpot meatballs simmered in barbecue sauce and grape jelly; salsa with Tostito’s scoops.

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As the country heads into July 4th weekend — a national holiday defined by paper plates, barbecue sauce and a proud disregard for utensils — the sanctimony around “civilized” eating feels more than a little selective.

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A well-tuned ensemble found the comic joy and slathered it around like scrumptious barbecue sauce as questions about fate, family duty and moral choice were hotly debated.

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These are great for jams and sauces, like a bourbon peach barbecue sauce.

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On the menu is William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” smothered in barbecue sauce.

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