Example Sentences

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If he mentions he is grilling steaks, she might say, “Well, good thing you’ve got plenty of spices.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Man-su is grilling up a late-summer dinner for his family: expensive eel, a thank-you gift for his “years of hard work and dedication” to the paper manufacturing company he works for.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

A fictitious senator named Landy is grilling him, hard.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022

It’s akin to smelling the steaks that your neighbour is grilling for dinner and concluding that they must be doing well.

From Nature • Oct. 14, 2019

"Wouldn't I like to take peep in on Henkel, now, while the commandant is grilling him in that gentle way the commandant has?" mocked Midshipman Page.

From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)