Example Sentences

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Inside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

What most of the recipes did, that I never would have thought of, is frying the bacon partially, rolling it into the dough used to make the cinnamon rolls, and then baking it–– perfection.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

Now, at Doro Soul Food, the scrappy takeout counter in Washington’s Shaw neighborhood where Taddesse is frying up cuts of craggy, spicy, bone-in chicken, toques and tournées are a distant memory.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

He went on to point out: "It's a very bad habit but I think this is going to be the future," before glumly reaching the obvious conclusion that "technology is frying my brain".

From The Guardian • May 28, 2014

My wife is frying bacon; the smell wafts up to me.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon