crisp
adjective
(especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle.
have crisped
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present perfectof crisp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Roast for 25 minutes, at which point some of the cabbage will have turned soft and silky, and some of it will have crisped in the heat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
Transfer to oven and cook for about an hour, or until the skins have crisped and slightly shrunken and the insides are tender.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2022
A historic drought and record heat waves worsened by climate change have crisped and yellowed the landscape, priming it for massive blazes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
The hair of His Majesty's haughty commanders and lieutenants must have crisped under their wigs when they looked out of the windows of the coffee-house and saw them.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Julian Hawthorne
Human eyes looking directly at such a bombardment would have crisped in their sockets; even on the screens their glare was too bright for comfort.
From The Giants From Outer Space by Geoff St. Reynard
