roast
verb (used with object)
to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
had roasted
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past perfectof roast.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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During the previous year’s show, Cohen had roasted ABC’s programming and referred to the “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” lineup as “Ryan Seacrest’s group of losers that are performing behind us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Best and Taylor didn’t know Folgers instant from Blue Bottle espresso, but Hafer was a genuine coffee nerd; when he deployed overseas, he brought along his own pour-over apparatus and beans he had roasted himself.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
I had roasted two eggplants and set them aside to turn them into one of several mezze plates that I had planned to serve as the starter for a Mediterranean-inspired dinner.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2017
Chaix had roasted a chicken for dinner, and she set it down in front of Mathews to carve, but he found he was in too much pain.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 18, 2016
By Thursday nights, the Sunday chicken that Grandma had roasted was down to a few threads in the soup we would eat.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
