Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It was the girl who had been frying the bacon, and she still held a greasy knife in her hand.

From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Richardson, Dorothy

Two days later, Rolf chanced to see his friend behind the shanty give Skookum the pan to clean off after they had been frying deer fat.

From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson

They found when they entered the house that Mary Erskine had been frying nut-cakes and apple-turnovers for them.

From Mary Erskine by Abbott, Jacob

It had evidently been attracted by the smell of some fish they had been frying, and stood with its nose in the air sniffing.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter