garlicky
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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At the tropical Siren Social Club, I splurged on a gin martini, an appetizer of garlicky Gulf shrimp and pastry-encrusted beef Wellington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
“NYT recipes: Lemony garlicky miso gochujang brown butter gnocchi,” read an X post from January.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025
A garlicky, creamy yogurt sauce spiked with even more za’atar would add a tangy, zippy flourish right at the end.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024
On a recent Friday, as the call to prayer echoed through the Old City’s Muslim quarter, the pair broke their fast in silence, eating reheated leftovers and stale bread dipped in a garlicky sauce.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024
COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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