Example Sentences

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“Just kind of mixing in some carbs and stuff. We had fried mac and cheese balls the other week, which were pretty good. That was new.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

We were doing a classic Southern New Year's Day dinner, and we had fried chicken, we had collard greens, black-eyed peas and all that.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

Don: “I’ve never had fried chicken in my life.”

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2018

“There is no money and even though the food is cheap we can not buy. This evening we only had fried potatoes,” Abu Sabra said.

From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2016

Ma had fried some chicken and baked a couple of pies too.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis