Example Sentences

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My favorite was her naturally leavened pizza dough, which requires a sourdough starter and a bit of scheduling.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This produced an effect of narcissism leavened by good-heartedness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The series largely belongs to them — both actors are terrific, Shannon imbuing Garfield with a gravity leavened with kindness and humor, Macfadyen’s Guiteau, optimistically dedicated to his delusions yet always about to pop.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and people have been eating it for thousands of years.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2024

Most of them were smallfolk: crofters, fieldhands, fishermen, sheepherders, the sons of innkeeps and traders and tanners, leavened with a smattering of sellswords and freeriders hungry for plunder.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin