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
After a session with our photographer, Tatjana had a beet salad and Jim had roasted asparagus to start, then they both opted for fish entrees, salmon and branzino.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2022
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
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
On the board she placed olives and radishes and several eggs which she had roasted in the ashes.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
